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

Pedestal

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pedestal of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and painted with festoons of flowers between two borders of formal ornament in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cylindrical pedestal of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Pedestal of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and painted with festoons of flowers between two borders of formal ornament in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.369-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.369A-1935

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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