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

Stand

ca. 1755-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stand for a déjeuner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The flat base is a quatrefoil supported on a low wall of rococo scrollwork. There is space for three vessels to rest on the base. From one end of it rises a construction of open rococo scrolls supporting two small shell-shaped trays in ascending tiers, the top one affixed by a brass nut and bolt. Flowers and leaves in relief on the scrolls. A bunch of flowers are painted on the flat surface of the stand. Scrollwork and borders are picked out in purple and crimson.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and a brass nut and bolt on the top tier
Brief description
Stand for a déjeuner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1755-1760
Physical description
Stand for a déjeuner in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The flat base is a quatrefoil supported on a low wall of rococo scrollwork. There is space for three vessels to rest on the base. From one end of it rises a construction of open rococo scrolls supporting two small shell-shaped trays in ascending tiers, the top one affixed by a brass nut and bolt. Flowers and leaves in relief on the scrolls. A bunch of flowers are painted on the flat surface of the stand. Scrollwork and borders are picked out in purple and crimson.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Width: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield with a fesse (In underglaze blue)
  • 'ZZ' (In purple enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.58-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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