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

Scent Bottle

1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Scent bottle of soft-paste porcelain, flat, with short neck, moulded in relief with overlapping leaves, and on each side, decorated with a flower in blue; the neck outlined in blue and painted with four leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, with underglaze blue decoration
Brief description
Scent bottle, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, with underglaze blue decoration, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, Limehouse, 1745-1748.
Physical description
Scent bottle of soft-paste porcelain, flat, with short neck, moulded in relief with overlapping leaves, and on each side, decorated with a flower in blue; the neck outlined in blue and painted with four leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Width: 6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.505-1924

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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