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

Sweetmeat Dish

ca. 1730-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat dish of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Leaf-shaped with a looped stalk forming the handle. Moulded below with prunus flowers and foliage in relief. Painted inside in black in a small circular panel with a date palm before a harbour scene enclosed by scrollwork and flowers. Gilt edge. Outside with detached flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Sweetmeat dish of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1730-1740
Physical description
Sweetmeat dish of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Leaf-shaped with a looped stalk forming the handle. Moulded below with prunus flowers and foliage in relief. Painted inside in black in a small circular panel with a date palm before a harbour scene enclosed by scrollwork and flowers. Gilt edge. Outside with detached flowers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 13cm
  • Width: 12.1cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.94-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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