"The Water Lily" pattern from "Darwin" service
Dish
1808-1811 (made), 1806 (designed)
1808-1811 (made), 1806 (designed)
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Earthenware dish transfer-printed in brown with botanical composition of three water plants (Nymphaea stellata, Nymphaea lotus, Nelumbium speciosum – now known as Nelumbo nucifera), derived from prints in the Botanist’s Repository and the Botanical Magazine 1803-06.
Original drawing for the Nelumbo by Sydenham Edwards. Pattern probably engraved by Semei Bourne.
Dish border decorated with design of interlocking ovals.
Original drawing for the Nelumbo by Sydenham Edwards. Pattern probably engraved by Semei Bourne.
Dish border decorated with design of interlocking ovals.
Object details
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| Title | "The Water Lily" pattern from "Darwin" service |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, transfer-printed and overpainted with touches of iron red enamel and gilding |
| Brief description | Dish, earthenware, transfer-printed and gilded, 'The Water Lily' pattern, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria, made 1808-1811. |
| Physical description | Earthenware dish transfer-printed in brown with botanical composition of three water plants (Nymphaea stellata, Nymphaea lotus, Nelumbium speciosum – now known as Nelumbo nucifera), derived from prints in the Botanist’s Repository and the Botanical Magazine 1803-06. Original drawing for the Nelumbo by Sydenham Edwards. Pattern probably engraved by Semei Bourne. Dish border decorated with design of interlocking ovals. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed) |
| Gallery label | Dish
Made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, about 1808-11
Mark: 'WEDGWOOD', impressed
Earthenware printed in brown with touches of iron red enamel and gilt
C.139-1963 Given by Mrs Margery Hooker
From the Darwin service, which descended from Dr. Robert Waring Darwin through Dr. Joseph Hooker.(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Margery Hooker |
| Object history | Traditionally said to have come from a service made about 1781 by Josiah (I) Wedgwood for the second marriage of his friend Dr. Erasmus Darwin, but now thought much more likely to have been designed by John Wedgwood (founder of what later became the Royal Horticultural Society) and ordered by Dr. Robert Darwin (son of Erasmus, and father of Charles Darwin) and his wife Susanna. The service was then inherited by Dr. Joseph Hooker, a descendant of Dr. Darwin. Another dish from the service was presented to the British Museum by Sir A.W. Franks who had been given it by Dr. Hooker. |
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| Accession number | C.139-1963 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2006 |
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