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

Bell Pull

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bell-pull of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped, fluted at either end, with a concave band above the middle decorated with gilt rosettes in medallions reserved on a blue bleu de roi ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Bell-pull of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Bell-pull of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped, fluted at either end, with a concave band above the middle decorated with gilt rosettes in medallions reserved on a blue bleu de roi ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of two with C.326-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.326A-1935

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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