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

Footed Dish

1903 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Footed dish of lead-glazed earthenware with painted decoration. Trumpet foot, and a tall stem with a wide flat bowl gadrooned on the underside. Female face on the inside, and flowers and tear-drop forms on the outside.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Footed dish of lead-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, decorated by Cassandra Annie Walker, made by Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, dated 1903.
Physical description
Footed dish of lead-glazed earthenware with painted decoration. Trumpet foot, and a tall stem with a wide flat bowl gadrooned on the underside. Female face on the inside, and flowers and tear-drop forms on the outside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.2cm
  • Width: 27cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A galleon and the letters 'DR' on either side (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • '1903' (painted on base)
  • '245 C.A.W' (Decorator's mark painted on base)
Gallery label
Footed dish Decorated by Cassandra Ann Walker, made by Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, dated 1903 Mark: 'DR' and a galleon, incised, '1903 245 C.A.W' painted. Earthenware with painted decoration C.53-1972(23/05/2008)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
195-1879 (Source)
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
C.53-1972

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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