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

Bottle

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt. Bulbous with globular body and long neck. Painted with a bird and flowering plants in brilliant red, turquoise-green, blue and purple, with touches of black and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Bottle, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Bow Porcelain Factory, London, about 1755
Physical description
Bottle of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt. Bulbous with globular body and long neck. Painted with a bird and flowering plants in brilliant red, turquoise-green, blue and purple, with touches of black and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
Plymouth, Andrade, 1929.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, Pl. 39A, p. 92.
  • Honey, W. B. English pottery and porcelain. London: Black, 1947, p. 139.
Collection
Accession number
C.86-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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