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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

1810? (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain painted with black and brown enamels to imitate a wooden platter, and showing knots and graining, on which are placed four small engravings of landscapes with names of draughtsmen and engravers. Gilt edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with black and brown enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels with faux bois ground scattered with 'engraved prints'; Austria, Vienna, 1810.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted with black and brown enamels to imitate a wooden platter, and showing knots and graining, on which are placed four small engravings of landscapes with names of draughtsmen and engravers. Gilt edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield with the arms of Austria; impressed 10 and 12 in red. (In blue)
  • '10' (Impressed)
  • '12' (In red)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4084-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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