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

Dish

ca. 1745-ca. 1746 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat-dish of soft-paste porcelain. Oval with fluted sides and high spreading foot and irregular serrated edges; painted in enamels with insects and flowers concealing cracks and defects in the porcelain.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Dish, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, England (London), ca. 1745-1746
Physical description
Sweetmeat-dish of soft-paste porcelain. Oval with fluted sides and high spreading foot and irregular serrated edges; painted in enamels with insects and flowers concealing cracks and defects in the porcelain.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Length: 12.4cm
  • Width: 10.2cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2878-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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