Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gold with the arms of Grosvenor impaled. In the centre is a scene of a man being served wine by two ladies in a landscape with pavilion in famille rose enamels and above the arms, Argent a pale gules on a chief azure three crosses crosslet or, is not recorded, nor is the crest. Out of a mural coronet argent a demi bear proper supporting an escutcheon charged with two chevrons, the sinister coat, is that of Grosvenor, as borne by the Dukes of Westminster and by the Grosvenors of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and Dorset Azure a garb or. Round the rim are three floral sprays.

The arms have been added crudely, and possibly by the same workshop that may have enamelled a matching tray, perhaps at Canton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gold
Brief description
Plate, porcelain, painted in famille rose enamels and gold with coat of arms, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period, ca. 1750
Physical description
Plate, porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gold with the arms of Grosvenor impaled. In the centre is a scene of a man being served wine by two ladies in a landscape with pavilion in famille rose enamels and above the arms, Argent a pale gules on a chief azure three crosses crosslet or, is not recorded, nor is the crest. Out of a mural coronet argent a demi bear proper supporting an escutcheon charged with two chevrons, the sinister coat, is that of Grosvenor, as borne by the Dukes of Westminster and by the Grosvenors of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and Dorset Azure a garb or. Round the rim are three floral sprays.

The arms have been added crudely, and possibly by the same workshop that may have enamelled a matching tray, perhaps at Canton.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.8cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr P. Cooke
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Howard, David Santuary. Chinese Armorial Porcelain. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1974, p. 343
Collection
Accession number
FE.64-1978

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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