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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Basin

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basin of cane-coloured stoneware, decorated with applied figures in low relief and painted in blue enamel. The figures are as follows: Sterne's "Maria," Venus with two cupids, a boy with a lion, two boys with torches, Cupid and a fawn (repeated), and a satyr with a goat. Round the rim is a border of interlaced circles; the lower part is turned with a row of vertical bands.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Caneware with applied reliefs and painted in blue enamel
Brief description
Basin, caneware with applied reliefs and enamel painting in blue, made by Elijah Mayer, Hanley, Staffordshire, ca. 1800
Physical description
Basin of cane-coloured stoneware, decorated with applied figures in low relief and painted in blue enamel. The figures are as follows: Sterne's "Maria," Venus with two cupids, a boy with a lion, two boys with torches, Cupid and a fawn (repeated), and a satyr with a goat. Round the rim is a border of interlaced circles; the lower part is turned with a row of vertical bands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'E. Mayer' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Basin made by Elijah Mayer, Hanley, Staffordshire, about 1800 Mark: 'E. Mayer', impressed Caneware with applied reliefs and enamel painting in blue 2490-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2490-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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