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

Basin

1780-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Painted outside with a child approaching a lady who is seated near a window. Round the inside of the rim is a border of wavy ribbons.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Brief description
Sugar basin of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, 1780-1785
Physical description
Sugar basin of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Painted outside with a child approaching a lady who is seated near a window. Round the inside of the rim is a border of wavy ribbons.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss E.A. Evans
Production
Date given by John Howell in 1981
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
469-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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