Not currently on display at the V&A

Charger

1872
Artist/Maker
Minton Art Pottery (Made by)
William Stephen Coleman (Painted by)

Charger painted with decoration depicting a young girl sitting on a low wall and looking out to sea. The girl is nude except for a black and white hat and has long flowing auburn hair. She sits on a leopard skin rug. A plant with pink flowers grows behind her, and two birds fly in the sky.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Charger
Brief description
Charger painted by W.S Coleman, Minton Art Pottery, London, 1872
Physical description
Charger painted with decoration depicting a young girl sitting on a low wall and looking out to sea. The girl is nude except for a black and white hat and has long flowing auburn hair. She sits on a leopard skin rug. A plant with pink flowers grows behind her, and two birds fly in the sky.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 49cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • W.S Coleman (Signature painted on front)
  • Minton's Art Pottery Studio Kensington Gore (printed mark on reverse)
  • Minton (impressed on reverse)
  • date mark cypher for 1872
  • 369 (painted on reverse)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.64-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459827/charger-william-stephen-coleman/
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