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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

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of earthenware painted with brown enamel, and in the middle is a bust portrait of Lord Nelson, painted to imitate a print and inscribed 'LORD NELSON, BN.1758, DD.1805'. Round the rim is a border of husk-pattern between lines.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with brown enamel
Brief description
Plate of earthenware painted with brown enamel, England, ca. 1810.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware painted with brown enamel, and in the middle is a bust portrait of Lord Nelson, painted to imitate a print and inscribed 'LORD NELSON, BN.1758, DD.1805'. Round the rim is a border of husk-pattern between lines.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LORD NELSON, BN.1758, DD.1805' (Inscribed on the portrait)
  • An arrow piercing a circle (In brown)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 438 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1207-1885

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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