Spoon, Jingdezhen, ca. 1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770
Spoon in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 414:715/I-1885), made in Jingdezhen, dated ca. 1770, attributed to unknown. The museum's brief description reads: Spoon, porcelain, accompanying a set of Plymouth porcelain sweetmeat trays, Chinese, ca.
1770.. Museum description: Spoon for dessert, of porcelain. With a petal-shaped bowl and a long curved handle; the handle is decorated on the upper side near the end with a prunus-blossom. The museum records it as Porcelain, measuring Length 10.2 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- porcelain
- Dimensions
- Length 10.2 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Porcelain
- Maker recorded
- unknown
- Place recorded
- Jingdezhen
Identification
- Museum object name
- Spoon
- Museum object number
- 414:715/I-1885
- Museum system number
- O186110
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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