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

Fruit Dish

1817-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. With a wavy rim moulded with grapes and vine-leaves. In the middle is a landscape with a ruined abbey and a girl seated in the foreground. The remaining surface is decorated with conventional flowers on a green ground.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, made by Thomas Fell & Co., St. Peter's Pottery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, ca. 1817-1830.
Physical description
Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. With a wavy rim moulded with grapes and vine-leaves. In the middle is a landscape with a ruined abbey and a girl seated in the foreground. The remaining surface is decorated with conventional flowers on a green ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.1cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'FELL / NEWCASTLE / O' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Fruit dish Made by Thomas Fell and Co, St Peter's pottery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1817-30 Marks: 'FELL' above 'NEWCASTLE' above 'O', impressed Lead-glazed earthenware 3655-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at St Peter's Pottery, Newcastle
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3655-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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