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

Plaque

1833-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of porcelain. Oval, painted in enamel colours with a gentleman and lady in costume of the second half of the sixteenth century, standing in the garden of a castle. The painting is surrounded by rococo scrollwork in gilt relief on a dark blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plaque of porcelain, enamelled and gilt, painted by John Haslem, Derby Porcelain Factory, England (Derby), 1833-1840
Physical description
Plaque of porcelain. Oval, painted in enamel colours with a gentleman and lady in costume of the second half of the sixteenth century, standing in the garden of a castle. The painting is surrounded by rococo scrollwork in gilt relief on a dark blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.5cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (Maker's mark in blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 130
Collection
Accession number
3061-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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