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

Bowl

ca. 1730s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sugar basin, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, probably manufactured at Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1730-1740
Physical description
Sugar basin, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue.
Marks and inscriptions
'D / *' (painted in underglaze blue)
Object history
Purchased from J. M. Whitehead
Production
Acquired as 'Lille', reattributed to Saint-Cloud, but not factory mark and possibly by one of the Paris factories making copies of Saint-Cloud.
Collection
Accession number
31-1874

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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