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

Plate

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

Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded in relief with ornament resembling feathers radiating from the central medallion in which is printed a landscape with castle and ruins, and round the medallion, over the moulded ornament, is printed a border of rococo scrollwork and trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded in relief
Brief description
Plate of sof-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded in relief, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca 1760
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded in relief with ornament resembling feathers radiating from the central medallion in which is printed a landscape with castle and ruins, and round the medallion, over the moulded ornament, is printed a border of rococo scrollwork and trees.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Noake, Worcester, for £1 5 shillings in April 1881.
Acquired as Worcester porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 623 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:72-1885

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2009
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