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===Ceramics and glass===
[[File:VA23Oct10 147.jpg|thumb|left|Part of the reserve collection of European ceramics, on display on the top floor.]]
This is the largest and most comprehensive ceramics and glass collection in the world, with over 80,000 objects from around the world. Every populated continent is represented.  Apart from the many pieces in the Primary Galleries on the ground floor, much of the top floor is devoted to galleries of ceramics of all periods covered, which include display cases with a representative selection, but also massed "visible storage" displays of the reserve collection.

Well represented in the collection is [[Meissen porcelain]], from the first factory in Europe to discover the Chinese method of making porcelain. Among the finest examples are the Meissen Vulture from 1731 and the [[Möllendorff Dinner Service]], designed in 1762 by Frederick II the Great. Ceramics from the [[Manufacture nationale de Sèvres]] are extensive, especially from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection of 18th-century British porcelain is the largest and finest in the world. Examples from every factory are represented, the collections of [[Chelsea porcelain]] and [[Worcester porcelain]] being especially fine. All the major 19th-century British factories are also represented. A major boost to the collections was the Salting Bequest made in 1909, which enriched the museum's stock of Chinese and [[Japanese ceramics]]. This bequest forms part of the finest collection of East Asian pottery and porcelain in the world, including [[Kakiemon]] ware.
[[File:VA ceramics visible storage.jpg|thumb|Another view of the "visible storage"]]

Many famous potters, such as Josiah Wedgwood, [[William De Morgan]] and [[Bernard Leach]] as well as [[Mintons]] & [[Royal Doulton]] are represented in the collection. There is an extensive collection of [[Delftware]] produced in both Britain and Holland, which includes a circa 1695 flower pyramid over a metre in height. [[Bernard Palissy]] has several examples of his work in the collection including dishes, jugs and candlesticks. The largest objects in the collection are a series of elaborately ornamented ceramic stoves from the 16th and 17th centuries, made in Germany and Switzerland. There is an unrivalled collection of Italian [[maiolica]] and [[lusterware|lustreware]] from Spain. The collection of Iznik pottery from Turkey is the largest in the world.

The glass collection covers 4000 years of glassmaking, and has over 6000 pieces from Africa, Britain, Europe, America and Asia. The earliest glassware on display comes from Ancient Egypt and continues through the Ancient Roman, Medieval, Renaissance covering areas such as [[Venetian glass]] and [[Bohemian glass]] and more recent periods, including Art Nouveau glass by [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]] and [[Émile Gallé]], the Art Deco style is represented by several examples by René Lalique. There are many examples of crystal chandeliers, both English,<ref>Mortimer, Martin, ''The English Glass Chandelier'', 2000.</ref> displayed in the British galleries, and foreign – for example, a Venetian one attributed to [[Giuseppe Briati]] and dated to about 1750.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chandelier – Briati, Guiseppe |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1956/chandelier-briati-guiseppe/ |website=V&A}}</ref> The [[stained glass]] collection is possibly the finest in the world, covering the medieval to modern periods, and covering Europe as well as Britain. Several examples of English 16th-century [[heraldic]] glass is displayed in the British Galleries. Many well-known designers of stained glass are represented in the collection including, from the 19th century: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. There is also an example of Frank Lloyd Wright's work in the collection. Notable designers of the 20th-century represented include [[Harry Clarke]], [[John Piper (artist)|John Piper]], [[Patrick Reyntiens]], [[Veronica Whall]] and [[Brian Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vam.ac.uk/contentapi/logotron/stained-glass | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121223130632/http://www.vam.ac.uk/contentapi/logotron/stained-glass | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 December 2012 | title = Stained Glass&nbsp;– Victoria and Albert Museum | publisher = vam.ac.uk | access-date = 21 August 2011 }}</ref>

The main gallery was redesigned in 1994, the glass balustrade on the staircase and mezzanine are the work of [[Danny Lane]], the gallery covering contemporary glass opened in 2004 and the sacred silver and stained-glass gallery in 2005. In this latter gallery stained glass is displayed alongside silverware starting in the 12th century and continuing to the present. Some of the most outstanding stained glass, dated 1243–1248 comes from the [[Sainte-Chapelle]], is displayed along with other examples in the new Medieval & Renaissance galleries. The important 13th-century glass beaker known as the [[Luck of Edenhall]] is also displayed in these galleries. Examples of British stained glass are displayed in the British Galleries. One of the most spectacular works in the collection is [[V&A Rotunda Chandelier|the chandelier]] by [[Dale Chihuly]] in the rotunda at the museum's main entrance.

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File:Urbino Dish with childbirth scene VA C2223-1910 img01.jpg|[[Maiolica]] dish with a childbirth scene, [[Urbino]], {{circa|1546}}
File:Delft Flower pyramid c1690 VA C19-1982.jpg|Flower pyramid, [[Delft]], {{circa|1695}}
File:Meissen Billy Goat (by Kaendler) VA C111-1932.jpg|Porcelain figure of a goat, by [[Johann Joachim Kändler|J. J. Kaendler]], [[Meissen porcelain|Meissen]], {{circa|1732}}
File:BLW Plant Pot.jpg|Jardinière (plant pot), [[Vincennes porcelain]], France; 1750–53
File:Luck of Edenhall VandA C.1toB-1959.jpg|The [[Luck of Edenhall]], glass beaker, Syria, 13th century
File:London-Victoria and Albert Museum-Stained glass-04.jpg|Stained glass panel, depicting Christ's resurrection, Germany, {{circa|1540–42}}
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