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

Cachepot

ca. 1750-1760 (made), ca. 1746 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cachepot of hard-paste porcelain. Square, tapering shape, the edge with projecting moulded shell cresting and (at corners) scrolled leaves. Body relief moulded in basketwork and forget-me-not pattern. Painted with scattered Manierblumen. Ornaments partly gilt. Feet and skirt ornaments lost and replaced by a flat bronze mount.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with modern bronze mount
Brief description
Cachepot, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with modern bronze mount; modelled about 1746; made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1750-60
Physical description
Cachepot of hard-paste porcelain. Square, tapering shape, the edge with projecting moulded shell cresting and (at corners) scrolled leaves. Body relief moulded in basketwork and forget-me-not pattern. Painted with scattered Manierblumen. Ornaments partly gilt. Feet and skirt ornaments lost and replaced by a flat bronze mount.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Length: 11cm
Marks and inscriptions
Marks not visible (Previously recorded on the register with crossed swords mark in blue.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.57-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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