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

Bowl

ca. 1752-55 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porringer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Circular in shape with a flat-handle moulded in relief with scrollwork, foliage and a bird. Painted outside and inside with vine leaves, tendrils and squirrels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded
Brief description
Circular porringer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1752-55
Physical description
Porringer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Circular in shape with a flat-handle moulded in relief with scrollwork, foliage and a bird. Painted outside and inside with vine leaves, tendrils and squirrels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'6' [possibly] or a simulated Chinese character
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Historical context
Previously identified as a bleeding bowl
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watney, B. English Blue and White Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. London : Faber & Faber, 2nd ed. 1973, where dated ca. 1752
  • For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.C.32, where dated ca. 1755
Collection
Accession number
C.1304-1924

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Record createdJune 11, 2009
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