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

Dish

ca. 1779-99 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pickle or sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a chinoiserie subject. In the form of a scallop-shell printed with a Chinese river scene, and with a boat and two men fishing. Round the rim is a border of conventional ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Pickle or sweetmeat dish of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, in the form of a scallop-shell, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, 1779-99
Physical description
Pickle or sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a chinoiserie subject. In the form of a scallop-shell printed with a Chinese river scene, and with a boat and two men fishing. Round the rim is a border of conventional ornament.
Dimensions
  • Width: 16.8cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Accession number
3773-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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