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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

1817 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with flowers growing by a lake in a landscape and with tree in the background. The rims is lobed and decorated with a narrow gilt scroll border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Thomas Baxter, Swansea Pottery, Swansea, 1817.
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with flowers growing by a lake in a landscape and with tree in the background. The rims is lobed and decorated with a narrow gilt scroll border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Swansea' (In red)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Mrs. Dillwyn. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. Made from Dillwyn's recipe.
From a dessert service painted by Thomas Baxter for Mr. L. W. Dillwyn, and mentioned in the trial of Roby v. Dillwyn in 1821.
Production
Garden Scenery
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3491-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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