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

Stand

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval stand for a sugar bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With an ear handle at either end. Decorated in the middle with a stipple transfer-print in black, and painted over with enamels, of Venus in a chariot drawn by two doves driven by Cupid. Round the rim is a formal border in gold and various colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black and over-painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Oval stand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, factory of Barr, Flight & Barr, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Oval stand for a sugar bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With an ear handle at either end. Decorated in the middle with a stipple transfer-print in black, and painted over with enamels, of Venus in a chariot drawn by two doves driven by Cupid. Round the rim is a formal border in gold and various colours.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.6cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'448' (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.490-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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