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

Plate

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, decorated with four butterflies, one in a central circular medallion and three in scrolled panels reserved in white on a dark blue ground covered with a close pattern of gilt trefoils.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1825
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, decorated with four butterflies, one in a central circular medallion and three in scrolled panels reserved in white on a dark blue ground covered with a close pattern of gilt trefoils.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Chamberlains Worcester' (In red script)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3305-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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