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

Ewer

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Ovoid body decorated with bouquets of flowers in three oval panels, reserved on a dark blue ground, over which are stars and ivy-stems in gold with white berries in slight relief. Curved lip and high loop handle. Round the neck and the lower part are wreaths of formal foliage in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Ewer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by William Billingsley, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Ewer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Ovoid body decorated with bouquets of flowers in three oval panels, reserved on a dark blue ground, over which are stars and ivy-stems in gold with white berries in slight relief. Curved lip and high loop handle. Round the neck and the lower part are wreaths of formal foliage in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.327-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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