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

Saucer

1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, rounded, no indent, decorated with flowers swags painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, porcelain, decorated with flowers swags painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1771
Physical description
Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, rounded, no indent, decorated with flowers swags painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letter 'S' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'S')
  • crossed square (incised)
Object history
Bought for £5.00 with cup
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3621A-1856

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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