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

Plate

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate or porcelain. The middle is painted on a dark greenish ground with a bouquet of flowers in a glass vase; the rim is decorated with a gilt conventional border on a dark blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Worcester porcelain factory (Flight, Barr & Barr period), England, ca. 1820
Physical description
Plate or porcelain. The middle is painted on a dark greenish ground with a bouquet of flowers in a glass vase; the rim is decorated with a gilt conventional border on a dark blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FLIGHT, BARR & BARR / Proprietors of the / Royal Porcelain Works / WORCESTER / Established 1751' with the royal arms of England and the crest of Prince of Wales, within a circle surrounded by the words 'MANUFACTURERS to their MAJESTIES and the PRINCE REGENT. London Warehouse No. 1 Coventry Street' (Printed in red)
  • 'FBB' under a crown (Impressed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Flight, Barr & Barr period
Collection
Accession number
3304-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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