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

Dish

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Square with wavy sides. Round the rim is a border of gilt foliage on a dark blue band. The figure-subjects of two Bacchantes adorning Pan with a garland of flowers occupies a medallion in the middle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dessert dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Humphrey Chamberlain junior, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Dessert dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Square with wavy sides. Round the rim is a border of gilt foliage on a dark blue band. The figure-subjects of two Bacchantes adorning Pan with a garland of flowers occupies a medallion in the middle.
Dimensions
  • Length: 22.9cm
  • Width: 22.9cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the William Bemrose Collection. The figure-subject in the middle is copied from an engraving by F. Bartolozzi after a design by Angelica Kauffmann.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.527-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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