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

Tray

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray of hard-paste porcelain. Oval, lobed shape with rim enlarged into tww shell-like handles. Painted in overglaze enamels and gilt with branches of Indian flowers, banded hedges and flying phoenix. Brown edge, handles partly gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740
Physical description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain. Oval, lobed shape with rim enlarged into tww shell-like handles. Painted in overglaze enamels and gilt with branches of Indian flowers, banded hedges and flying phoenix. Brown edge, handles partly gilt.
Dimensions
  • Length: 44cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '26' (Impressed)
  • Marks of four ground-off firing supports
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.621-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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