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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pickle Dish

ca. 1834-1852 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with blue enamel. In the form of a conventional shell printed with an English landscape within a border of roses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with blue enamel
Brief description
Pickle dish of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with blue enamel, made by the Middlesbrough Earthenware Co., Middlesbrough, ca. 1834-1852.
Physical description
Dish of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with blue enamel. In the form of a conventional shell printed with an English landscape within a border of roses.
Dimensions
  • Length: 14.6cm
  • Width: 13.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor and 'MIDDLESBRO POTTERY' (Impressed)
  • '11' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Pickle tray Made by the Middlesbrough Earthenware Co, about 1834-52 Mark: an anchor and "MIDDLESBRO POTTERY" impressed Lead-glazed earthenware 3680-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
This dish is decorated with the Nuneham Courtney pattern (formerly know as the Blue Rose border pattern). Nunham Courtney House, Oxfordshire, is depicted in the pattern.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3680-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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