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On display
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Plate

ca. 1810-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Plate of earthenware, transfer-printed with a dragon design in underglaze blue.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Cobalt Oxide
Transfer-Printed
Glazed
Brief description
Plate, lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Staffordshire, ca. 1810-1820
Physical description
Plate of earthenware, transfer-printed with a dragon design in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Imitation of a Chinese emblem (printed in blue)
Gallery label
(31/01/2015 - 3/01/2016)
Blue and White: British Printed Ceramics
V&A, 31 Jan 2015 - 3 Jan 2016

6 Soup plate
Staffordshire, about 1810¬–20
Lead-glazed earthenware

The decoration of this soup plate and the adjacent cup and saucer (5) continues over the rims of the pieces, copying Chinese originals. The back of the plate also has an imitation Chinese mark, but no factory mark, so as to make it look more authentic
to the British consumer.

Museum no. 55-1870
Given by Mrs Charles Downs
(23/05/2008)
Plate
Made in Staffordshire, about 1810-1820
Mark: imitation of a Chinese emblem, printed in blue
Lead-glazed earthenware

55-1870 Given by Mrs Charles Downs


Credit line
Given by Mrs Charles Downs
Subject depicted
Dragons
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
55-1870

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O149180/plate-unknown/
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