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

Pen Tray

1816-1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen tray of soft-paste porcelain, green ground with gilt reserves each containing painted flower sprays, the central one including rose, primrose and variegated tulip. Long boat shape with two gilt scroll handles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Moulded soft-paste porcelain, with raised gilding and painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Long boat-shaped pen tray of soft-paste porcelain with two gilt scroll handles, Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, decorated in London, 1816-1823.
Physical description
Pen tray of soft-paste porcelain, green ground with gilt reserves each containing painted flower sprays, the central one including rose, primrose and variegated tulip. Long boat shape with two gilt scroll handles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.1cm
  • Length: 27.4cm
  • Width: 8.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
"NANTGARW" (Maker's identification; impressed)
Subject depicted
Other number
LOAN:ILLIDGE.5 - Previous loan number
Collection
Accession number
C.171-2003

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Record createdJanuary 8, 2004
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