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

Ladle

1770-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ladle of soft-paste porcelain, of Chinese form. Boat-shaped bowl and hollow handle decorated with an applied rosette. Painted inside with floral sprays in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and with applied work
Brief description
Ladle of soft-paste porcelain, Worcester porcelain factory, England, 1770-1785
Physical description
Ladle of soft-paste porcelain, of Chinese form. Boat-shaped bowl and hollow handle decorated with an applied rosette. Painted inside with floral sprays in blue.
Dimensions
  • Length: 12.7cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.E.12, where dated 1770-85
Collection
Accession number
3248-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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