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

Dish

ca. 1754-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pickle dish of soft-paste porcelain in the form of a pecten shell painted in blue with flowers, a bird and an insect.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Pickle dish of soft-paste porcelain in the form of a pecten shell painted in blue, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1754-60
Physical description
Pickle dish of soft-paste porcelain in the form of a pecten shell painted in blue with flowers, a bird and an insect.
Dimensions
  • Length: 9.5cm
  • Width: 8.6cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. Maberly
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.C.10, where dated 1754-60
Collection
Accession number
1409-1873

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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