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

Saucer

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief with sprays of roses and carnations below a narrow band of scrolls, which is enclosed by a formal border painted in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief
Brief description
Saucer of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief with sprays of roses and carnations, made by Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Saucer of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief with sprays of roses and carnations below a narrow band of scrolls, which is enclosed by a formal border painted in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set of two tea cups and two saucers 414:129/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 449 to C).
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 449A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:129/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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