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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. 1820-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Circular with a moulded design on the border of floral wreaths linked by scrolls. Painted with six flower sprays around the sides and a blue convolvulus in the centre. Gilt foliage, rim and medallion band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, probably Staffordshire, decorated in the Swansea style, ca. 1820s
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Circular with a moulded design on the border of floral wreaths linked by scrolls. Painted with six flower sprays around the sides and a blue convolvulus in the centre. Gilt foliage, rim and medallion band.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'SWANSEA 1823' with a trident (Painted in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joseph Henry Jacobs
Production
Originally thought of as possibly Caughley or Coalport but probably not Swansea. Blank previously attributed to Folch. Probably a Staffordshire blank decoraten in the Swansea style, possibly in the Daniel decorating workshop.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.53-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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