Not currently on display at the V&A

Saucer

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in purple enamel, green and gold. Painted in a circular panel with a landscape with ruins, an obelisk and a statue of a reclining man in purple monochrome. Round the rim is a border of stylised oak-leaves on a winding stem in green and brown. Gilt line border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Kloster-Veilsdorf porcelain factory, Thuringia, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in purple enamel, green and gold. Painted in a circular panel with a landscape with ruins, an obelisk and a statue of a reclining man in purple monochrome. Round the rim is a border of stylised oak-leaves on a winding stem in green and brown. Gilt line border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CV' (In monogram in blue)
  • 'B2' (Incised)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.33-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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