Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. In the middle on a blue ground is a square gilt panel edged with flowers and scrolls and containing two birds. Round the rim are four gilt panels on a blue group each containing a bird.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded, Chantilly porcelain factory, Chantilly, late 18th century, later decorated at Tournai.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. In the middle on a blue ground is a square gilt panel edged with flowers and scrolls and containing two birds. Round the rim are four gilt panels on a blue group each containing a bird.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C' (Incised)
  • A hunting horn (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
Decorated later at Tournai.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1758-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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