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

Potted Meat Dish

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

Potted meat dish, of soft-paste porcelain, oval, with out-turned rim. Painted in underglaze blue with flowering sprays outside, as a border within the rim, and at the bottom; on the base a figure and tree in Chinese style.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Potted meat dish, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, ca. 1745-1748
Physical description
Potted meat dish, of soft-paste porcelain, oval, with out-turned rim. Painted in underglaze blue with flowering sprays outside, as a border within the rim, and at the bottom; on the base a figure and tree in Chinese style.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11.4cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Previously attributed to Liverpool, and subsequently, in error, to Derby.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.729-1924

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Record createdMay 18, 2009
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