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

Toilet Jar and Cover

ca. 1700-ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Toilet jar and cover of soft-paste porcelain. Nearly cylindrical with flat cover, in the middle of which is a knob surrounded by gadroons. The lower body of the jar is gardrooned, the upper part, as well as the edge of the cover, being painted with lambrequin ornament in underglaze blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Pot Body
  • Pot Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Toilet jar and cover, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, Seine et Oise, France, ca. 1700-ca. 1720
Physical description
Toilet jar and cover of soft-paste porcelain. Nearly cylindrical with flat cover, in the middle of which is a knob surrounded by gadroons. The lower body of the jar is gardrooned, the upper part, as well as the edge of the cover, being painted with lambrequin ornament in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.0cm
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.436&A-1909

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Record createdJune 21, 2004
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