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

Plaque

1797 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval plaque with border of leaf motifs in gold and black. In the middle, a mountain landscape with two figures. On the back, in red, the inscription:- "The Rock Called Matlock High Torr Near Matlock Bath Derbyshire 357 Feet in Perpendicular Height. Fronts to the North West. Z.Boreman Pinxt. 1797"


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with lead glaze, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Plaque, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, painting attributed to Zachariah Boreman, made in Staffordshire or Derbyshire, 1797
Physical description
Oval plaque with border of leaf motifs in gold and black. In the middle, a mountain landscape with two figures. On the back, in red, the inscription:- "The Rock Called Matlock High Torr Near Matlock Bath Derbyshire 357 Feet in Perpendicular Height. Fronts to the North West. Z.Boreman Pinxt. 1797"
Dimensions
  • Length: 29.8cm
  • Width: 22.5cm
Production
Painted by Zachariah Boreman onto a lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain panel, probably of Staffordshire manufacture
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. 128 p., note 1.
Collection
Accession number
C.1448-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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