Drawing
ca. 1943 (made)
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A sheet of designs for borders of ceramic decoration of sea shells, including a cowrie, a scallop, two sea snails, a cockle shell and a profile for the edge of a plate.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and Indian ink and watercolour on six sheets pasted on a card mount |
| Brief description | Drawing by Reginald Haggar, sheet of designs for borders of ceramic decoration, pen and Indian ink and watercolour, Great Britain, ca. 1943 |
| Physical description | A sheet of designs for borders of ceramic decoration of sea shells, including a cowrie, a scallop, two sea snails, a cockle shell and a profile for the edge of a plate. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink 'These drawings were reproduced by Photo-Lithography at the Burselm School of Art in 1943 or 1944 and are among the earliest examples of the photo-litho process [in ceramic decoration]. I allowed them to be tried out at Johnson Brothers in 1947 but there was no interest in them-' |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994 |
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| Accession number | E.204-1994 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2009 |
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