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

A modern demirep on the look-out

Tile
1771-ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a lady in a landscape, border of rococo scrolls. The design is based on an engraving entitled 'A modern demirep on the look-out'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA modern demirep on the look-out (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Brief description
Delftware. Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration after a print entitled 'A modern demirep on the look-out', printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool, 1771-ca. 1775.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a lady in a landscape, border of rococo scrolls. The design is based on an engraving entitled 'A modern demirep on the look-out'.
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885. Purchased by her from Emerson Norman, Norwich, 1872.

The design is after an engraving entitled 'A modern demirep on the look-out', signed "Brandoin pinxt Grignion sculpt".
Subjects depicted
Associated object
414:1851-1885 (Design)
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: 839.1. Ray Tiles, No: 731. Ray 1973, No: D5-25.
Other numbers
  • N 482 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 45 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:839-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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