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

Dessert Dish

1770-1777 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain. Lozenge-shaped with wavy edge and fluted sides. Round the rim a gilt border, suspended from which festoons of flowers in green. In the middle a rose in green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Dessert dish ornamented with festoons, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1777
Physical description
Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain. Lozenge-shaped with wavy edge and fluted sides. Round the rim a gilt border, suspended from which festoons of flowers in green. In the middle a rose in green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.0cm
  • Length: 31.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'D' intersected by an anchor, in gold
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.344-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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