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

Bowl

1779 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Punch bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with two interlaced foliated stems in gold on a broad blue de roiband outside around the rim, and inside is a narrow border from which hang festoons of foliage in purple, and inside are the arms of the Coopers' Company of London with the crest, supporters and the motto 'LOVE AS BRETHEREN' and outside are coopers depicted at work on the banks of a river with shipping.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Punch bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, decorated at Chelsea 1779.
Physical description
Punch bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with two interlaced foliated stems in gold on a broad blue de roiband outside around the rim, and inside is a narrow border from which hang festoons of foliage in purple, and inside are the arms of the Coopers' Company of London with the crest, supporters and the motto 'LOVE AS BRETHEREN' and outside are coopers depicted at work on the banks of a river with shipping.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor (In gold)
  • 'EED' [In monogram] / '1779.' (On the bottom)
  • 'LOVE AS BRETHEREN' (Inside the bowl)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £31 10 shillings in August 1875
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 7.
Other number
Sch. I 387 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:438-1885

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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