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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. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with straight sloping sides and low footrim. In the centre, a scene of two women in classical dress, one seated on a chair with a child on her knees, the other standing and offering the child a flower. On the rim, four groups of fruits, stipple-printed in purple and washed over in enamel colours, reserved in oval panels on a blue ground encircled with vine-leaves and bunches of grapes in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, transfer-printed, painted, glazed gilt
Brief description
Plate, bone china, decorated with purple stipple-printing washed over in enamel colours, the rim border gilt on a blue ground, New Hall porcelain factory, England (Shelton), ca. 1815
Physical description
Circular plate with straight sloping sides and low footrim. In the centre, a scene of two women in classical dress, one seated on a chair with a child on her knees, the other standing and offering the child a flower. On the rim, four groups of fruits, stipple-printed in purple and washed over in enamel colours, reserved in oval panels on a blue ground encircled with vine-leaves and bunches of grapes in gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1277' painted in red
  • 'NEW HALL' printed in red within a double circle
Credit line
Bequeathed by Algernon Brent, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.177-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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