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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Blue borders with gilt edges round the rims.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Le Nove porcelain factory, Nove, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Blue borders with gilt edges round the rims.
Marks and inscriptions
A star (In blue)
Gallery label
TEA BOWL AND SAUCER Porcelain Mark: a star, in blue ITALY (LE NOVE); about 1800 Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O. C.276:l& 2-1918 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.276&A-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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