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

Dish

1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of red earthenware with sgraffiato decoration and white slip under a dark green glaze. Round a central wreath is a repeating design of six peacocks perched on a stem with branches bearing apples and foliage. The rim has a border of peacocks' feathers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware and slip, incised
Brief description
Dish of red earthenware with sgraffiato decoration and white slip, made by Gertrude Susan Malkin, Hanley School of Art, Hanley, 1901.
Physical description
Dish of red earthenware with sgraffiato decoration and white slip under a dark green glaze. Round a central wreath is a repeating design of six peacocks perched on a stem with branches bearing apples and foliage. The rim has a border of peacocks' feathers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 41.3cm
Gallery label
Dish Gertrude Susan Malkin, Hanley School of Art, England, 1168-1901(23/05/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Purchased for £3/3/-.
Production
Made by Gertrude Susan Malkin at Hanley School of Art, Stoke on Trent.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1168-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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