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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with mottled brown and patches of green and slate-blue glazes, and with a wavy edge and rim moulded with acanthus-leaves in groups of three against a diaper of trelliswork, and the middle in moulded with a spray of leaves and acorns on a slender stem against a group of leaf-veining.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with mottled glazes and moulded
Brief description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with a wavy edge and moulded rim, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1770-1780.
Physical description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with mottled brown and patches of green and slate-blue glazes, and with a wavy edge and rim moulded with acanthus-leaves in groups of three against a diaper of trelliswork, and the middle in moulded with a spray of leaves and acorns on a slender stem against a group of leaf-veining.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.1cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:1056-1885 (Sch. II 277).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 277A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1056/A-1885

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
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