Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

ca. 1830-35 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of earthenware, the rim moulded in low relief with a vine stem with grapes and foliage, painted in purple and green; the middle is printed in purple with verses:
"In books, or works, or healthy play,
Let my first years be past.
That I may give for eve'ry day
Some good account at last."


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, moulded
Brief description
Plate, earthenware with vine leaf border and poem, Pountney & Allies, Bristol, about 1830-5
Physical description
Plate of earthenware, the rim moulded in low relief with a vine stem with grapes and foliage, painted in purple and green; the middle is printed in purple with verses:
"In books, or works, or healthy play,
Let my first years be past.
That I may give for eve'ry day
Some good account at last."
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'POUNTNEY & ALLIES' in crescent shape above a cross (impressed to base)
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3149-1901

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2009
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