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

Saucer

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

Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded; bordered inside with gilt rosettes connected by S-shaped scrolls in red, which are intertwined with narrow stems of foliage in grey and green; small gilt sprigs are scattered over the remaining surface


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780
Physical description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded; bordered inside with gilt rosettes connected by S-shaped scrolls in red, which are intertwined with narrow stems of foliage in grey and green; small gilt sprigs are scattered over the remaining surface
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
'5' (In gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two coffee cups and saucers 414:779/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 776 to C).
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Emerson Norman, Norwich, for £1 10 shillings in May 1869, and from Mr Kidd, Nottingham, for £1 10 shillings in November 1870
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 776C - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:779/C-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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