Not currently on display at the V&A

Circus plate

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

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


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCircus plate (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted and glazed ceramic
Brief description
Plate from a nursery service featuring circus images and other stock motifs, Dutch, mid 20th century
Physical description
Plate featuring a central image of a ballerina wearing a red bodice and a green skirt sitting on a stool with a clown dressed in a green jacket and checked trousers offering her a bunch of flowers, and motifs on the rim of a stove, two birds on twigs and a toy donkey on wheels.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.6cm
  • Height: 2.0cm
Credit line
Antony Hippisley Coxe Collection
Summary
Plate from a nursery service featuring circus images and other stock motifs, Dutch, mid 20th century.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
S.82-2007

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Record createdApril 26, 2007
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