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Water Lily

Plate
ca. 1811 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Flat-bottomed with a narrow rim. In the centre is a large-scale design of water-lilies, and round the rim is a border of ovolos between plain lines.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWater Lily (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue. England, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, ca. 1811
Physical description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Flat-bottomed with a narrow rim. In the centre is a large-scale design of water-lilies, and round the rim is a border of ovolos between plain lines.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WEDGWOOD' (impressed)
  • '4' (impressed)
  • 'R' (printed (underglaze) in blue)
Gallery label
(31/01/2015 -03/01/2016)
Blue and White: British Printed Ceramics
V&A, 31 Jan 2015 - 3 Jan 2016

19 Plate, ‘Waterlily’ pattern
Staffordshire, Etruria, about 1810
Made by Wedgwood’s factory
Lead-glazed earthenware

This botanical composition of three water plants is derived from prints in the Botanist’s Repository and the Botanical Magazine, from 1803–6. The design
was probably inspired by the interests of Josiah Wedgwood’s eldest son John, who was a founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Museum no. C.152-1956
Given by Mrs A.C. Layng
(23/05/2008)
Plate
Made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, about 1810
Marks: 'WEDGWOOD'' and '4' impressed, 'R', printed in underglaze blue
Lead-glazed earthenware

C.152-1956 Given by Mrs A.C. Layng


Credit line
Given by Mrs A.C. Layng
Object history
This Wedgwood plate is decorated with the Water Lily or Darwin pattern
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
"Blue-printed Earthenware 1800-1850" AW Coysh 1972, p.90/1 No.119
Collection
Accession number
C.152-1956

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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