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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. T. Close (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Plate, transfer-printed in blue, depicting in centre a portrait of Prince Albert facing left (his right). Around the rim in cartouches are details of his various lifetime achievements.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Transfer-printed earthenware
Earthenware
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Commemorative plate, transfer-printed earthenware, depicting Prince Albert, by J.T.Close, ca.1863
Physical description
Plate, transfer-printed in blue, depicting in centre a portrait of Prince Albert facing left (his right). Around the rim in cartouches are details of his various lifetime achievements.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.2cm
checked 20/04/2009
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / BORN AT THE CASTLE OF ROSENAU / NEAR COBURG.ON THE / 26TH AUGUST 1819' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'FIELD MARSHAL' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON THE 14TH DECR / 1861' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'EXHIBITION 1862' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ALBERT / FRANCIS AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMMANUEL / PRINCE CONSORT OF ENGLAND / PRINCE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'LIVERPOOL SAILOR'S HOME' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'MARRIED OUR BELOVED QUEEN / ON THE 10TH FEBRUARY. / 1840' (Printed to front as part of apttern)
  • 'EXHIBITION 1851' (Printed to front as part of pattern)
  • 'PUBLISHED BY / J.T.CLOSE' (Printed to back in wreath)
Gallery label
Blue and White: British Printed Ceramics V&A, 31 Jan 2015 - 3 Jan 2016 17 Plate depicting ‘His late Royal Highness the Prince Consort’ * Staffordshire, Stoke, about 1863 Made by J.T. Close Lead-glazed earthenware The portrait of Prince Albert is taken from a print by Thomas Dewell Scott, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall of 1861. Museum no. C.9-2008 Given by Alexios Stavridis(31/01/2015 - 03/01/2016)
Credit line
Given by Alexios Stavridis
Object history
The portrait of Prince Albert is taken from a print after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall

An example of a print after this photograph can be seen in the British Museum
1902,1011.10058
Title (object)His late Royal Highness the Prince ConsortDescriptionCommemorative portrait of an older Prince Albert, seated to the left in profile; in embellished oval with Royal Coat of Arms above with the motto "Treu und Fest"; in rectangular border; after photograph by Mayall. after 1861
Wood engraving
Subject depicted
Albert (Prince Consort, Consort of Queen Victoria)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.9-2008

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Record createdApril 20, 2009
Record URL
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