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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Tile

1774-ca.1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a Chinese woman in a garden with two children, one reaching through the opening of a frame. Border of rococo scrolls. Signed: Green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Brief description
Delftware. Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration of a Chinese woman and two children, printed by Guy Green, England, 1774-ca.1775.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a Chinese woman in a garden with two children, one reaching through the opening of a frame. Border of rococo scrolls. Signed: Green.
Dimensions
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Green' (Signed by the printer)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885.

Adapted from a design by Jean Pillement in a series entitled Petits parasols chinois, published in 1774. See Armand Guérinet in references.
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: 834.4.
  • Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 9.
  • Ray Tiles, No: 738.
  • Ray 1973, No: D6-3.
  • Guérinet, Armand. Recueil de différents Bouquets de Fleurs inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement, Ire. Série Paris.
Other numbers
  • N 484 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 23 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:834/4-1885

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2000
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