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Charger

1873, 1872
Artist/Maker

Charger with painted decoration depicting a young girl fishing. The girl has long curly auburn hair and wears a bonnet on her head. She is nude except for a pink cape draped on her back. She sits on a blanket on a river bank and holds a rod in one hand and a fish in the other. Behind her is a basket and tree trunk. The river and sea stretch into the background.


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Brief description
Charger depicting a girl fishing, painted by W.S Coleman, Minton Art Pottery, London, 1873
Physical description
Charger with painted decoration depicting a young girl fishing. The girl has long curly auburn hair and wears a bonnet on her head. She is nude except for a pink cape draped on her back. She sits on a blanket on a river bank and holds a rod in one hand and a fish in the other. Behind her is a basket and tree trunk. The river and sea stretch into the background.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 49.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • W.S Coleman 1873 (painted on front)
  • Minton's Art Pottery Studio Kensington Gore (printed mark on reverse)
  • Minton (Impressed mark on reverse)
  • date cypher for 1872
  • 151 (painted on reverse)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Accession number
C.66-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
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