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

Bowl

ca. 1710-15 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of red-brown stoneware, entirely wheel-polished and decorated with gilding. Inside the rim, which curves slightly outwards is a conventional border of baroque style: below the rim outside are two horizontal lines. The foot is decorated with a band of scallops.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Böttger stoneware, wheel-polished and gilt
Brief description
Bowl, Böttger red stoneware, wheel-polished and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1710-15.
Physical description
Bowl of red-brown stoneware, entirely wheel-polished and decorated with gilding. Inside the rim, which curves slightly outwards is a conventional border of baroque style: below the rim outside are two horizontal lines. The foot is decorated with a band of scallops.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.8cm
  • Diameter: 17.9cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Sir Arthur H. Church, KCVO, FRS
Object history
Formerly in the Collection of Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Collection
Accession number
C.257-1911

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Record createdApril 18, 2000
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