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

Saucer

ca. 1740-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Painted with 'Watteau' figures of children in a near-camaïeu landscape. Inside and outside rim wide borders of two different gold lace patterns. Scattered Holzschnittblumen and shadowed insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740-45
Physical description
Saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Painted with 'Watteau' figures of children in a near-camaïeu landscape. Inside and outside rim wide borders of two different gold lace patterns. Scattered Holzschnittblumen and shadowed insects.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • 'A.' (In gold)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
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
Bibliographic reference
Illustrated. Connoisseur, Vol. XI, p. 146
Collection
Accession number
C.1451-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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