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

Dessert Tureen

ca. 1770-85 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen with cover and stand of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded. Decorated with fruit, flowers, foliage and butterflies.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tureen
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded
Brief description
Dessert tureen with cover and stand of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770-85
Physical description
Tureen with cover and stand of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded. Decorated with fruit, flowers, foliage and butterflies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Length: 33cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Rev. Alfred Duane Pell
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. II.C.11, where dated 1770-85
Collection
Accession number
C.629 to B-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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