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

Plate

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soup plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Decorated with sprays of flowers and foliage in blue, and foliage in gold.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain, Vista Alegre porcelain factory, Ílhavo, Portugal, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Soup plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Decorated with sprays of flowers and foliage in blue, and foliage in gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'V. A.' (In gold)
  • A triangle (Impressed)
Gallery label
Plate Porcelain Mark: 'V. A.' in gold and a triangle, impressed PORTUGAL (VISTA ALEGRE); about 1850 Gift of Mr E. Cozens Smith C.659-1923 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr E. Cozens Smith
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.659-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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