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

Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with an undulating edge, and the rim is moulded in relief with vine leaves, stems and grapes, and the middle is painted with sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with an undulating edge, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with an undulating edge, and the rim is moulded in relief with vine leaves, stems and grapes, and the middle is painted with sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27.9cm
  • Width: 20.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £1 in March 1866
Production
See note on Sch. I 329.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948. 110 p., pl .46A.
Other number
Sch. I 330 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:63-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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