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

Plate

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel, and with a wavy edge with a border of feather-pattern in relief. In the middle are two oval shields of arms in rococo panels changed with formal flowers and surrounded by rococo scrolls, surmounted by a coronet. On the border are detached sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel
Brief description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel, and with a wavy edge, Staffordshire, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel, and with a wavy edge with a border of feather-pattern in relief. In the middle are two oval shields of arms in rococo panels changed with formal flowers and surrounded by rococo scrolls, surmounted by a coronet. On the border are detached sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Circular tool mark (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:1140-1885 (Sch. II 393).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 393A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1140/A-1885

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
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