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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sucrier

ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sucrier of porcelain, with rounded body, everted rim and high foot, an entwined handle on each side. No lid. Painted with the arms of Yate of Wotton in Warwickshire, Per fess crenelle or and gules three gates counterchanged, quartering Osborne of London, Argent, a bend ermines between two lions sable. In pretence possibly Cheriton, Argent a chevron between three ram's heads erased gules, quartering Conway and Harcourt. The crest is of Yate of Wotton, out of a ducal coronet or a goat's head sable armed argent. Band of leaf pattern in dark red and gold on a light red ground round rim and foot, band round rim enclosed within a red band dotted with gold and a gold band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Sucrier, porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt with the arms of Yate quartering Osborne with Cheriton quarterly in pretence; China, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period, ca. 1805
Physical description
Sucrier of porcelain, with rounded body, everted rim and high foot, an entwined handle on each side. No lid. Painted with the arms of Yate of Wotton in Warwickshire, Per fess crenelle or and gules three gates counterchanged, quartering Osborne of London, Argent, a bend ermines between two lions sable. In pretence possibly Cheriton, Argent a chevron between three ram's heads erased gules, quartering Conway and Harcourt. The crest is of Yate of Wotton, out of a ducal coronet or a goat's head sable armed argent. Band of leaf pattern in dark red and gold on a light red ground round rim and foot, band round rim enclosed within a red band dotted with gold and a gold band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Mouth diameter: 10.5cm
  • Foot diameter: 8cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr P. Cooke
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Howard, David Sanctuary. Chinese armorial porcelain. Vol. I, London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1974, p. 780. ISBN 0571098118
Collection
Accession number
FE.99-1978

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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