Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

ca. 1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of cream coloured earthenware with printed decoration in black, and is painted with two stylised doves in a landscape with flowers and plants beneath a blue sky, and the rim is decorated with a yellow band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted and printed decoration
Brief description
Plate of earthenware with printed decoration, and painted with two stylised doves in a landscape, designed by Laurence Scarfe, made by Ridgway Potteries Ltd., Shelton, ca. 1954.
Physical description
Plate of cream coloured earthenware with printed decoration in black, and is painted with two stylised doves in a landscape with flowers and plants beneath a blue sky, and the rim is decorated with a yellow band.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25cm
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
One plate of seven C.79 to 85-1978. The original drawings are in the V&A's Prints and Drawings Department: E.527 to 660-1978 pp 1-5.
The transfer designs were made by Laurence Scarfe from lithographs at the Royal College of Art under Professor Robert Baker, Head of the Ceramics School.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.80-1978

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Record createdNovember 14, 2008
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