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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

Wall Pocket

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower wall pocket of cream coloured earthenware, and moulded in relief with a boy drinking from a jar and clasping a bunch of grapes, emblematic of Autumn. Below him are flowers and a quiver. With a foliate border, flat back, and pierced for suspension.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, moulded and pierced
Brief description
Flower wall pocket of earthenware, moulded in relief with a boy drinking from a jar and clasping a bunch of grapes, emblematic of Autumn, Staffordshire, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Flower wall pocket of cream coloured earthenware, and moulded in relief with a boy drinking from a jar and clasping a bunch of grapes, emblematic of Autumn. Below him are flowers and a quiver. With a foliate border, flat back, and pierced for suspension.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.4cm
  • Width: 13.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Companion to Winter Sch. II 335.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lewis, John & Griselda. Pratt Ware. Suffolk : Antique Collectors Club, 1984, 113 p.
Other number
Sch. II 334 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1166-1885

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
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