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

Saucer

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a Chinese garden-scene with boys and a dog. Round the rim are landscapes and flowers in red in alternate large and small gilt-bordered panels reserved on a dark blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1770-1780.
Physical description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a Chinese garden-scene with boys and a dog. Round the rim are landscapes and flowers in red in alternate large and small gilt-bordered panels reserved on a dark blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Saucer Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1770-80 Gift of Sir William Lawrence, Bart. C.242-1913 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Sir William Lawrence, Bt.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.242-1913

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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