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

Dish

1825-1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Meat dish of earthenware transfer-printed and over-painted in colours and gilded. Oblong octagonal. Printed with a basket of flowers, bamboos growing from a rock and a border of floral diaper with scroll outlines in Chinese style.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed and over-painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Meat dish of earthenware transfer-printed and over-painted in colours and gilded, G.M. & C.J. Mason, Fenton, 1825-1851
Physical description
Meat dish of earthenware transfer-printed and over-painted in colours and gilded. Oblong octagonal. Printed with a basket of flowers, bamboos growing from a rock and a border of floral diaper with scroll outlines in Chinese style.
Dimensions
  • Length: 53.3cm
  • Width: 42.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MASON'S' above a crown and a curtain inscribed 'PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA' (Printed in blue)
  • 'PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by T. H. Mottram, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.315-1914

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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