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

Dish

18th century (made), 19th century (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soup dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On the rim, which has a lobed edge, between two narrow bands of leaves and berries in gold on blue, is an oak-wreath with acorns. In the middle is a branch of oak within a similar circular band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Soup dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 18th century, and decorated elsewhere in the 19th century.
Physical description
Soup dish of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On the rim, which has a lobed edge, between two narrow bands of leaves and berries in gold on blue, is an oak-wreath with acorns. In the middle is a branch of oak within a similar circular band.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Double 'L' enclosing 'z' and 'v' (In dark blue)
Credit line
Given by C. B. Farmer, Esq.
Production
Decorated elsewhere in the 19th century
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.297-1912

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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