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

Box

ca. 1755-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Circular porcelain box with silvered brass mounts. Painted with blue chinoiserie decoration.


Object details

Object type
Box
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Cover
Physical description
Circular porcelain box with silvered brass mounts. Painted with blue chinoiserie decoration.
Credit line
Given by Commander D.H.C. Cooper
Bibliographic references
  • For this pattern, see Simon Spero, 'Vauxhall porcelain: A Tentative Chronology', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 18, part 2 (2003), fig. 36, where dated ca. 1755-58
  • For this design, see also The English Ceramic Circle, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), cat. 157, where dated ca. 1755-57
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.113&A-1942

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Record createdMay 20, 2010
Record URL
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