Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of an open bivalve supported on the tails of two dolphins which rests on an oblong plinth coloured to imitate marble. Painted in various colours and with gilt edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, Swinton, ca. 1830.
Physical description
Sweetmeat dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of an open bivalve supported on the tails of two dolphins which rests on an oblong plinth coloured to imitate marble. Painted in various colours and with gilt edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.771A-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.771-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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