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, with a wavy edge and moulded with a border of feather-pattern in relief. In the middle is a print of two lovers seated beneath a tree with a man with raised cudgel approaching over a stile behind them. On the rim are vignettes of exotic birds in landscapes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded
Brief description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel, with a wavy edge and moulded, Staffordshire, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel, with a wavy edge and moulded with a border of feather-pattern in relief. In the middle is a print of two lovers seated beneath a tree with a man with raised cudgel approaching over a stile behind them. On the rim are vignettes of exotic birds in landscapes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:1227-1885 (Sch. II 395).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 395A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1227/A-1885

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
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