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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

1720-1727 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Deep and of double curved profile. Painted in blue with gilt outlines with three wavy stems of foliage and berries springing from a tuft.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, 1720-1727.
Physical description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Deep and of double curved profile. Painted in blue with gilt outlines with three wavy stems of foliage and berries springing from a tuft.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'VEN:a' (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
Saucer Porcelain Mark: 'VEN:a', in underglaze blue ITALY (VENICE, VEZZI); 1720-1727 Gift of Mr A. L. B. Ashton C.465-1927 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr A. L. B. Ashton
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.465-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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