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

Confituriere

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Confituriere, cover and stand of porcelain. The tureen of squat baluster form, slightly domed lid with a hole for a ladle, terminating in an artichoke knob with a collar of leaves. The circular stand has a depressed well to accommodate the tureen. Decorated with four panels alternately painted with birds and flowers, in enamel colours, on a dark underglaze blue ground ornamented with gilt


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Confituriere
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt on an underglaze blue ground
Brief description
Confituriere, cover and stand, porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt on an underglaze blue ground; Coalport Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1820
Physical description
Confituriere, cover and stand of porcelain. The tureen of squat baluster form, slightly domed lid with a hole for a ladle, terminating in an artichoke knob with a collar of leaves. The circular stand has a depressed well to accommodate the tureen. Decorated with four panels alternately painted with birds and flowers, in enamel colours, on a dark underglaze blue ground ornamented with gilt
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D. B. Simpson
Object history
Part of a set with confituriere, cover and stand and two plates, C.87 to D-1977.
Production
Factory of John Rose
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Godden, G.A. Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains, 1970, plate 131.
Collection
Accession number
C.87 to B-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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