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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

Plaque

ca. 1750-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque, buff earthenware body with bluish white glaze, pooling slightly on the back. It is painted in blue with two girls holding hands in a landscape with birds and classical ruins. The left hand figure has extensive pentimenti showing the head and upper part of the body leaning forward and arm raised slightly higher. The improbable position of the bird standing on the left hand girl's arm was probably dictated by a wish to divert attention from these alterations. The back is inscribed "E/A TAYLOR". There is a scar at the edge on the front which may have been the position of a peg during firing. Two holes for suspension pierced through the upper part before glazing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Delftware. Plaque, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration of two girls in landscape, England, ca. 1750-1755.
Physical description
Plaque, buff earthenware body with bluish white glaze, pooling slightly on the back. It is painted in blue with two girls holding hands in a landscape with birds and classical ruins. The left hand figure has extensive pentimenti showing the head and upper part of the body leaning forward and arm raised slightly higher. The improbable position of the bird standing on the left hand girl's arm was probably dictated by a wish to divert attention from these alterations. The back is inscribed "E/A TAYLOR". There is a scar at the edge on the front which may have been the position of a peg during firing. Two holes for suspension pierced through the upper part before glazing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.1cm
  • Width: 29.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'E/A TAYLOR' (Inscribed on back)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Jones, Bristol, April 1881.
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: 829. Hodgkin, No: 496. Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 4. Rackham and Read, Fig: 115.
Other numbers
  • L13 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 13 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:829-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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