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

Saucer

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Painted in the middle with a landscape with a lake, trees, angler and sailing boats, in crimson camaïeu, in an oval panel surrounded by gilt trellis, upon which are seated two cupids with garlands and bouquets of flowers. Border of gilt foliations.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, The Hague porcelain factory, The Hague, ca. 1780
Physical description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Painted in the middle with a landscape with a lake, trees, angler and sailing boats, in crimson camaïeu, in an oval panel surrounded by gilt trellis, upon which are seated two cupids with garlands and bouquets of flowers. Border of gilt foliations.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
A stork (In blue enamel)
Credit line
Given by Mr C.B. Farmer
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.747-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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