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

Plate

1770-1777 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with an undulating edge, and in the centre is a classical urn painted en grisaille, and festooned with roses and other detached flowers, and the rim is painted with gold discs laid over an scalloped border of bleu de roi, and within this border radial bands of husk-pattern in green is separated by lines of gilt dots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with an undulating edge, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1777
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with an undulating edge, and in the centre is a classical urn painted en grisaille, and festooned with roses and other detached flowers, and the rim is painted with gold discs laid over an scalloped border of bleu de roi, and within this border radial bands of husk-pattern in green is separated by lines of gilt dots.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Conjoined anchor and 'D' (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set with 414:445/ to B-1885 (Sch. I 394 to B)
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Welch, London, for £1 18 shillings [? pence] in April 1866
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 394A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:445/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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