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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Barr, Flight & Barr (factory)
Place of origin	Worcester (made)

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with a landscape in a medallion in the middle of Melrose Abbey. Decorated with a wide border of anthemion ornament and the surface is covered with a vermiculated pattern in gold.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Plate
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Enamels Painted Gilded
Brief description	Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, factory of Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, 1805-1810.
Physical description	Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with a landscape in a medallion in the middle of Melrose Abbey. Decorated with a wide border of anthemion ornament and the surface is covered with a vermiculated pattern in gold.
Dimensions	Diameter: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	'B F B' under a crown (Impressed) 'MELROSE ABBEY, ROXBURGHSHIRE' (Written in red on the base) 'BARR FLIGHT & BARR / Royal Porcelain Works / WORCESTER. / London-House / FLIGHT & BARR / Coventry Street' within an oval surrounded by 'Manufacturers to theirMajesties, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family.Established 1751' and surmounted by a crown and Prince of Wales' feathers (Printed in red)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history	Part of a tea and coffee service C.492 to BB-1935.
Subjects depicted	Landscape Vermiculated Anthemion Border Medallion
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.492D-1935

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O278704/plate-barr-flight/

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