Not currently on display at the V&A

Charger

1881
Artist/Maker

Charger with painted decoration depicting a woman in side profile. She has brown hair tied with a yellow ribbon and is dressed in a pink robe. She is surrounded by decorative reddish pink lily flowers and leaves, on a pale yellow ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted and glazed
Brief description
Charger depicting a female portrait painted by Charlotte H. Spiers, on a Minton blank, England, 1881
Physical description
Charger with painted decoration depicting a woman in side profile. She has brown hair tied with a yellow ribbon and is dressed in a pink robe. She is surrounded by decorative reddish pink lily flowers and leaves, on a pale yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 39.8cm
  • Depth: 4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • C H Spiers (painted signature on front)
  • CH Spiers 1881 Copyright reserved (painted on reverse)
  • Minton (Impressed mark with other factory cyphers)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Accession number
C.82-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
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