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

Plate

ca. 1819 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of pearlware (lead-glazed earthenware). In the middle is a print, signed "Engraved by Jas. Brindley," of an allegorical figure of Ireland holding a cap of liberty and a scroll with the words "Free Trade"; she is seated on a sack inscribed "Nov. 1819" surrounded by emblems of art and industry, with an Irish harp. The rim is painted with black lines


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pearlware (lead-glazed earthenware), transfer-printed and painted in underglaze black
Brief description
Plate of Pearlware, transfer-printed and painted in underglaze black with allegorical figure of Ireland and 'Free Trade', made by Woodnorth & Co., 1819.
Physical description
Plate of pearlware (lead-glazed earthenware). In the middle is a print, signed "Engraved by Jas. Brindley," of an allegorical figure of Ireland holding a cap of liberty and a scroll with the words "Free Trade"; she is seated on a sack inscribed "Nov. 1819" surrounded by emblems of art and industry, with an Irish harp. The rim is painted with black lines
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.4cm
converted from register
Marks and inscriptions
'WOODNORTH & CO.' (Impressed to base)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Sibson, Florence (2008). The History of the West Cumberland Potteries: Volume II. Distington: Cope Publishing. p.33.
Collection
Accession number
3894-1901

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Record createdMarch 19, 2009
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