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

Tray

1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Spoon tray of porcelain, soft-paste porcelain, gilded. Oval with fluted and shaped rim. Decorated with a chain-pattern border on the rim and with a flower in the middle enclosed by a band of discs surrounded by a continuous wavy stem with small leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Spoon tray of porcelain, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Spoon tray of porcelain, soft-paste porcelain, gilded. Oval with fluted and shaped rim. Decorated with a chain-pattern border on the rim and with a flower in the middle enclosed by a band of discs surrounded by a continuous wavy stem with small leaves.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.2cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'SALOPIAN' (Impressed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
3339-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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