Dish
c.1885
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Circular dish of terracotta coloured earthenware, with wide shallow well sloping upwards towards the rim. The underside slopes down to a deep foot ring. The decoration is executed in buff slip on a darker brown ground, with details reinforced with sgraffito under a clear glaze. In the centre of the dish a naked male figure with wings of Zephyr is depicted, with the name 'ZEPHYR' incised beside him.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, with slips and sgraffito decoration |
| Brief description | Dish, earthenware, with clay slips and sgraffito decoration, depicting the figure of Zephyr, designed and decorated by Alexander Fisher, South Kensington, London, about 1885 |
| Physical description | Circular dish of terracotta coloured earthenware, with wide shallow well sloping upwards towards the rim. The underside slopes down to a deep foot ring. The decoration is executed in buff slip on a darker brown ground, with details reinforced with sgraffito under a clear glaze. In the centre of the dish a naked male figure with wings of Zephyr is depicted, with the name 'ZEPHYR' incised beside him. |
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| Gallery label | Dish, Alexander Fisher, Kensington, England, about 1885
C.34A-1979 |
| Object history | This dish and C.34-1979 were lent to the Royal College of Art, London, for the Centenary Exhibition, 7th February to 20th March 1996. |
| Production | Made in Kensington. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.34A-1979 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2008 |
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