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

Plate

ca. 1790-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Painted in the middle with two sheep on a hill side with trees beyond in a gilt bordered circular panel set in a light green ground. Border of gilt scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, painting attributed to Cuthbert Lawton, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1790-1800
Physical description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Painted in the middle with two sheep on a hill side with trees beyond in a gilt bordered circular panel set in a light green ground. Border of gilt scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons with six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in blue on underside)
  • '268' (Pattern number painted (overglaze) in blue on underside)
Credit line
Given by Mr Frank Hurlbutt
Production
Register - in the Derby pattern book under "268", this is referred to as "all Brewers Sett" compare Herbert Allen Collection No.136.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hurlbutt, Frank. Old Derby Porcelain. 1925. pl.38.
Collection
Accession number
C.44-1928

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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