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

Dish

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

Dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval dish with an openwork rim moulded to simulate basketwork. With moulded and curved panels descending into the well. Painted with one large bouquet and four smaller sprays of leaves and flowers. Round the rim are green pendant swags of green, with gilt husk motifs between. Gilt dentil edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1780
Physical description
Dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval dish with an openwork rim moulded to simulate basketwork. With moulded and curved panels descending into the well. Painted with one large bouquet and four smaller sprays of leaves and flowers. Round the rim are green pendant swags of green, with gilt husk motifs between. Gilt dentil edge.
Dimensions
  • Length: 26.5cm
  • Width: 22cm
Marks and inscriptions
Three wavy lines (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by the C.L. David Collection, Copenhagen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.4-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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