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

Plaque

1907 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a blue ground. Decorated with a winged cupid on a stepped pedestal fanning the fire below a tripod holding a glass flask.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a blue ground
Brief description
Plaque of porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a blue ground, decorated by M.L. Solon, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, dated 1907
Physical description
Plaque of porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration on a blue ground. Decorated with a winged cupid on a stepped pedestal fanning the fire below a tripod holding a glass flask.
Dimensions
  • Width: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cupidon en chimister abile / De deux faittunsurson fourneau / Mais qu'on renverse l'ustensile / Cela fera deux de nouveau' (Inscription in French on the side of the pedestal in the front)
  • 'L. Solon' (Signed on the front below the inscription)
  • '07' (Dated 1907 on the front below the inscription)
Credit line
Given by Mrs F.C. Ormerod
Production
Given by the decorator to William Burton.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.306-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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