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

Plate

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

Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, saucer-shaped with a ring in relief beneath the base, within the foot ring, and decorated with scattered sprays of flowers within a band of zigzag pattern in crimson twined about with a wavy stem of green foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, saucer-shaped with a ring in relief beneath the base within the foot ring, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780
Physical description
Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, saucer-shaped with a ring in relief beneath the base, within the foot ring, and decorated with scattered sprays of flowers within a band of zigzag pattern in crimson twined about with a wavy stem of green foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'6' (In gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:755/A-1885 (Sch. I 778A).
These plates were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morgan, London, for £1 10 shillings in 1867
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 778 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:755-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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