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

Dish

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and with an undulating rim pierced in open-work and painted in the middle with bouquets of flowers, a group of fruit and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and with an undulating rim pierced in open-work, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and with an undulating rim pierced in open-work and painted in the middle with bouquets of flowers, a group of fruit and insects.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.4cm
  • Width: 18.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a par with 414:448-1885 (Sch. I 382)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Zimmerman, London, for £3 in April 1869
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 382A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:448/A-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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