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

Knife-Handle

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

Knife-handle of hard-paste porcelain, moulded with rococo scrolls in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with moulded decoration in relief
Brief description
Knife-handle, hard-paste porcelain with moulded decoration in relief, made in Thuringia, Germany, mid 18th century
Physical description
Knife-handle of hard-paste porcelain, moulded with rococo scrolls in relief.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.5cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
2850-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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