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

Stand

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

Tea pot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, and with four half-chrysanthemum, with petals painted in red, blue, green and gold, project inwards from the edge of the rim, and a chrysanthemum in gold outline, with a red and green centre, occupies the middle, within a narrow circular band of flowers on a wavy stem reserved in white on a blue ground, and in the intervals are four blue discs with gilt trellis-diaper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea pot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Tea pot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, and with four half-chrysanthemum, with petals painted in red, blue, green and gold, project inwards from the edge of the rim, and a chrysanthemum in gold outline, with a red and green centre, occupies the middle, within a narrow circular band of flowers on a wavy stem reserved in white on a blue ground, and in the intervals are four blue discs with gilt trellis-diaper.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Five simulated Japanese characters within a double circle (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Belongs to the same service with two coffee cups and saucers 414:655/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 527 to C), two plates 414:517/&A-1885 (Sch. I 529&A), jug and cover 414:614/&A-1885 (Sch. I 530&A) and teapoy and cover 414:619/&A-1885 (Sch. I 531&A)
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for15 shillings in December 1866
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 528 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:632-1885

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2009
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