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

Plate

1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt. Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV., whose arms are in the middle. The rim is decorated with gilt network interlaced by oak branches on a blue ground, between borders of conventional ornament and national floral emblems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, England (Swinton), 1830
Physical description
Plate of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt. Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV., whose arms are in the middle. The rim is decorated with gilt network interlaced by oak branches on a blue ground, between borders of conventional ornament and national floral emblems.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
A griffin, the crest of Earl Fitzwilliam, and 'Royal Rockm. Works, Brameld' (Printed in crimson)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV., known as "Rockingham porcelain."

Given by Earl Fitswilliam, K. G. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3158-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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