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

Dessert Tureen

1788-1793 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert tureen, cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and gilded. Decorated with reserves painted with architectural and landscape subjects in underglaze blue, and the ground is ornamented with gilt dots. Border composed of interlaced ovals and dots enclosed between gilt lines.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tureen
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and gilded
Brief description
Dessert tureen, cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and gilded, probably gilded at Chamberlain Worcester, Worcester, made at Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, 1788-1793
Physical description
Dessert tureen, cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and gilded. Decorated with reserves painted with architectural and landscape subjects in underglaze blue, and the ground is ornamented with gilt dots. Border composed of interlaced ovals and dots enclosed between gilt lines.
Object history
The landscapes are after Paul Sandby RA. The ladle form the same service C.191-1921.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For these Caughley services with decoration predominantly after prints by Paul Sandby see Dr Chris Holloway and Felicity Marno, 'Paul Sandby and Related Influences on Caughley Porcelain' (2003) and The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cats. E6-9
Collection
Accession number
C.19 to B-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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