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

Plate

ca. 1785-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Wavy edge and the rim is pierced with a narrow border of small circles on a wavy stem, picked out in gold, and enclosing another with vine-leaves on a continuous stem in blue on a gold ground. In the middle is a bunch of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, pierced and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, Berlin, ca. 1785-1790
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Wavy edge and the rim is pierced with a narrow border of small circles on a wavy stem, picked out in gold, and enclosing another with vine-leaves on a continuous stem in blue on a gold ground. In the middle is a bunch of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A sceptre (In blue)
  • '61' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.316-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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