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Dessert Dish

1813-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

Dessert dish of porcelain. Tazza-shape, with gilt moulded edge. Green border with a scrolled edging of raised gilding, and a gilt rosette in the centre. Round the base is a band of green with gilt borders.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Dessert dish
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in green enamel and gilt
Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Gilt
Brief description
Dessert dish, porcelain painted in green enamel and gilt, Worcester porcelain factory (Flight, Barr & Barr period), England, 1813-1840
Physical description
Dessert dish of porcelain. Tazza-shape, with gilt moulded edge. Green border with a scrolled edging of raised gilding, and a gilt rosette in the centre. Round the base is a band of green with gilt borders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.8cm
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FBB' under a crown, impressed (Maker's mark for Flight, Barr & Barr)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Flight, Barr & Barr period
Subjects depicted
Scrolls (Motifs)
Rosettes
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3333D-1901

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Record createdJuly 27, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1135599/dessert-dish-worcester-porcelain-factory/
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