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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

Plate

1779 (made)
Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Etruria (made)
Liverpool (printed)
Netherlands (painted)

Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted over the glaze. With a wavy edge, and in the middle is a ship in full sail flying the Dutch flag. The flag is painted in proper colours, the ship in brown, green and yellow, and the sea is green. Above is the inscription 'CORNEELIS VASSE' and below with 'MARIA & ADRIANA'. On the rim are detached sprays of flowers and the inscription 'WELVAREN 1779'.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted over the glaze
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Painted
Brief description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted over the glaze, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Etruria, printed in Liverpool, painted in the Netherlands, 1779.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted over the glaze. With a wavy edge, and in the middle is a ship in full sail flying the Dutch flag. The flag is painted in proper colours, the ship in brown, green and yellow, and the sea is green. Above is the inscription 'CORNEELIS VASSE' and below with 'MARIA & ADRIANA'. On the rim are detached sprays of flowers and the inscription 'WELVAREN 1779'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CORNEELIS VASSE' (Inscribed above the print, painted in black)
  • 'MARIA & ADRIANA' (Inscribed below the print, painted in black)
  • 'WELVAREN 1779' (Printed on the rim)
  • 'Wedgwood' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:1137/A-1885 (Sch. II 410A). Bought at Rotterdam, 1 November 1872.
Subjects depicted
Ship
Flag
Sea
Flowers
Other number
Sch. II 410 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:1137-1885

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
Record URL
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