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

Plate

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with exotic birds and insects in shaped panels reserved in white and outlined with gilt rococo scrolls on a dark blue ground, and with a wavy edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with exotic birds and insects in shaped panels reserved in white, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with exotic birds and insects in shaped panels reserved in white and outlined with gilt rococo scrolls on a dark blue ground, and with a wavy edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor and dagger (In red)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morgan, London, for £1 10 shillings in September 1869
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 105 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:66-1885

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Record createdDecember 11, 2008
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