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

A Fortune-teller and a girl with a rake

Tile
ca. 1765-ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a fortune-teller and a girl with a rake, a man pointing at them from behind a bush in the background. Border of rococo scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Fortune-teller and a girl with a rake (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Brief description
Delftware. Tile depicting a fortune-teller and a girl with a rake, tin-glazed earthenware, printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool, ca.1765-ca.1775
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a fortune-teller and a girl with a rake, a man pointing at them from behind a bush in the background. Border of rococo scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lady Schreiber, No: 843.1. Ray Tiles, No: 728. Ray 1994, No: D5-15.
Other numbers
  • N 477 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 37 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:843-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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