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Circus dish

Dish
mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish from a nursery service featuring circus images and other stock motifs, Dutch, mid 20th century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCircus dish (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted and glazed ceramic
Brief description
Dish from a nursery service featuring circus images and other stock motifs, Dutch, mid 20th century
Physical description
Dish featuring a central image of a clown with baggy yellow trousers and a conical hat in mid-air, standing by a pig jumping through a hoop,with motifs on the rim of a stove, a saw, a watering can and a Pulchinella figure.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.3cm
  • Height: 2.8cm
Credit line
Antony Hippisley Coxe Collection
Summary
Dish from a nursery service featuring circus images and other stock motifs, Dutch, mid 20th century.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
S.79-2007

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Record createdApril 25, 2007
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