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

Essex Birds

Plate
1878 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware plate, octagonal, with printed pattern of a yellow finch and roses, over-painted with enamel colours.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEssex Birds (series title)
Materials and techniques
Painted and printed earthenware
Brief description
Plate. Essex Birds series, octagonal, earthenware printed with a yellow finch and roses, over-painted with enamel colours. Designer unknown. Minton & Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, 1878.
Physical description
Earthenware plate, octagonal, with printed pattern of a yellow finch and roses, over-painted with enamel colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Diameter: 26.8cm (maximum)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Barbara Morris
Object history
This object was formerly in the collection of Barbara Morris, and was bequeathed by her to the Museum. Morris, who had worked in the V&A's Circulation Department, was a pioneer in the study of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts. She had a particular interest in ceramics and glass of the period, examples of which she collected avidly.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Aslin, Elizabeth and Paul Atterbury. Minton 1798-1910. London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1976. Catalogue of the exhibition organized by Victoria & Albert Museum and Thomas Goode & Company Limited, held Victoria & Albert Museum, August - October 1976. ISBN 0901486965.
Collection
Accession number
C.346-2009

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Record createdNovember 18, 2010
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