CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer)
Scolopendrium cup
(c. 1750-1753)

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)

Measurements
7.6 × 7.3 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous Bequest, 1980

Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
moulded in relief on base c.: (anchor)

Accession Number
D30-1980

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
Tea bowl, moulded with spiralling scolopendrium leaves, central vein of each picked out in puce.