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

Dish

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, oval, saucer-shaped, the rim lobed, the sides moulded with rococo scrolls, linked by wreaths of flowers, borders gilt. The centre is painted in rather pale colours with bunch of roses, convolvulus and primulas, on a white ground; the border greenish grey with the wreaths uncoloured.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt; Coalport Porcelain Factory, England, probably painted in London, ca. 1820
Physical description
Dish, oval, saucer-shaped, the rim lobed, the sides moulded with rococo scrolls, linked by wreaths of flowers, borders gilt. The centre is painted in rather pale colours with bunch of roses, convolvulus and primulas, on a white ground; the border greenish grey with the wreaths uncoloured.
Dimensions
  • Length: 26.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Coalport IMPROVED Feltspar PORCELAIN' within a laurel wreath surrounded by the words 'PATRONISED by the SOCIETY of ARTS. The GOLD MEDAL awarded MAY 30th 1820', all within a circle, and above 'J. ROSE & CO' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Given by Mr Alfred Rochelle Thomas
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.137-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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