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

Vegetable Dish and Cover

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vegetable dish and cover of porcelain painted in blue, other colours and gilded. Panels painted in colours. Decorated with medallions painted in colours and enclosed by borders of festoons in gilt. Border with bands of dark blue, with sprigs, and edged with festoons of sprays in gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vegetable Dish
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Vegetable dish and cover of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, possibly painted by Humphrey Chamberlain, Chamberlain's Factory, Worcester, ca. 1815
Physical description
Vegetable dish and cover of porcelain painted in blue, other colours and gilded. Panels painted in colours. Decorated with medallions painted in colours and enclosed by borders of festoons in gilt. Border with bands of dark blue, with sprigs, and edged with festoons of sprays in gilt.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28.6cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
  • Height: 13.9cm
Credit line
Alfred Williams Hearn Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.97&A-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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