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

Wine Cooler

ca. 1753-ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain pot painted in purple enamel with a cupid on one side and on the other with a putto in a landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, tin-glazed and painted in purple enamel
Brief description
Porcelain wine cooler painted in purple enamel with putti, Chantilly porcelain factory, France, about 1753-1760
Physical description
Porcelain pot painted in purple enamel with a cupid on one side and on the other with a putto in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 18.8cm
  • Depth: 14.8cm
  • Height: 14.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
a hunting horn (painted in red enamel)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Production
Dated c. 1753-60 by Manuela Finaz de Villaine, October 2002.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Worthington, Bethan Lloyd. Windswept Baby, London : V&A Publications, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78926-034-2 p.25
Collection
Accession number
C.419-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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