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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

Tile of enamelled grey tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel of a fortune-teller with two children, and telling the fortune of a girl holding a hay-rake. In the background is a young man. Rococo scrolled border. In a brass frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Fortune-teller and a girl with a rake (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel
Brief description
Tile of enamelled grey tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel, printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool, ca. 1765-ca. 1775.
Physical description
Tile of enamelled grey tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel of a fortune-teller with two children, and telling the fortune of a girl holding a hay-rake. In the background is a young man. Rococo scrolled border. In a brass frame.
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.5cm
  • Thickness: 0.7cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology. Transferred, 1901.
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
  • Ray Tiles, No: 728. Ray 1973, No: D5-15.
Other number
N.478 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
3606-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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