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

Bell Pull

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bell-pull of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and gilded, pear-shaped, fluted at either end, and with a concave band round the middle decorated with gilt rosettes in medallions reserved on a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and gilded
Brief description
Bell-pull of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and gilded, pear-shaped, fluted at either end, and with a concave band round the middle decorated with gilt rosettes in medallions, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Bell-pull of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and gilded, pear-shaped, fluted at either end, and with a concave band round the middle decorated with gilt rosettes in medallions reserved on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 3.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Tuck, London, for 10 shillings 6 pence in August 1882
Other number
Sch. I 289 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:473-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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