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

Plate

1770-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Undulating edge. In the middle a circle outlined in blue enclosing foliated devices in dark blue and orange-red bordered with gold. The space between this circle and the edge is divided into four panels outlined in dark blue and gold with animal and flower motifs in red, green and gold and reserved against a latice-work diaper in green and gold. The other two panels enclose against a diaper of purple eddies, similar oval panels with flowers in blue, red, green and gold. Also decorated underneath the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1784
Physical description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Undulating edge. In the middle a circle outlined in blue enclosing foliated devices in dark blue and orange-red bordered with gold. The space between this circle and the edge is divided into four panels outlined in dark blue and gold with animal and flower motifs in red, green and gold and reserved against a latice-work diaper in green and gold. The other two panels enclose against a diaper of purple eddies, similar oval panels with flowers in blue, red, green and gold. Also decorated underneath the rim.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A simulated Chinese seal (Painted (underglaze) in blue on underside)
  • 'N' (Incised on underside)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.339-1922

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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