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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Plate

1950-60 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain plate, painted in enamels and gilded decoration, with a head in the centre within an octagon shape. The border is gilded along the edge, and has an octagonal shape with black enamel painted decoration depicting scenes of mythical creatures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, black enamel, gilding
Brief description
Porcelain plate, painted in enamels and gilded designed by Piero Fornasetti in Milan, blanks probably made by Eschenbach Porcelain, Germany; 1950-60.
Physical description
Porcelain plate, painted in enamels and gilded decoration, with a head in the centre within an octagon shape. The border is gilded along the edge, and has an octagonal shape with black enamel painted decoration depicting scenes of mythical creatures.
Collection
Accession number
C.71-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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