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

Tray

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, oval in shape with a wavy shaped rim and a serpentine longitudinal rib projecting beneath the base to strengthen it; the tray is decorated with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green, and the compartments, with gilt edges delicately tooled, contain painted single rose-sprays pointing alternately upwards and downwards


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tray, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, oval in shape with a wavy shaped rim and a serpentine longitudinal rib projecting beneath the base, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780
Physical description
Tray, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, oval in shape with a wavy shaped rim and a serpentine longitudinal rib projecting beneath the base to strengthen it; the tray is decorated with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green, and the compartments, with gilt edges delicately tooled, contain painted single rose-sprays pointing alternately upwards and downwards
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.5cm
  • Length: 28.6cm
  • Width: 18.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Coffee service (?) for a single person, comprising a tray, coffee pot and cover, sugar bowl and cover, cream jug, and cup and saucer 414:764/ to G (Sch. I 765 to G).
The set was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavalle or Cavallo, London, for £36 in January 1869.
It was previously catalogued as a tea service, but the cup is a coffee cup, and the position of the spout on the pot is most unusual for a teapot.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 765 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:764-1885

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2009
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