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

Plate

1815-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Round porcelain plate with wavy gilt edge, painted in enamel colours in imitation of Chinese "famille verte" decoration, with a central scene of two chickens with chicks behind a purple fence and with a small cage hanging from a hook from a purple branch with red and gold flowers. At the rim are green and red & gold flowers, and there are goldfinches against fronds, painted in reserves edged in red and blue


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Round porcelain plate with wavy gilt edge, painted in enamel colours in imitation of Chinese "famille verte" decoration, Derby factory (Bloor period), England (Derby), 1815-1820
Physical description
Round porcelain plate with wavy gilt edge, painted in enamel colours in imitation of Chinese "famille verte" decoration, with a central scene of two chickens with chicks behind a purple fence and with a small cage hanging from a hook from a purple branch with red and gold flowers. At the rim are green and red & gold flowers, and there are goldfinches against fronds, painted in reserves edged in red and blue
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Maximum diameter: 24.7cm
Wavy edge varies 24.2 to 24.7 cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crown above crossed batons with six dots above 'D', all in red enamel (painted)
Credit line
The Wyatt Bequest
Subjects depicted
Other number
LOAN:WYATT.14 - previous loan number
Collection
Accession number
C.197-2003

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2004
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