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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

Plaque

ca. 1755-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval plaque of blue jasperware with white relief decoration of a full-length figure of a naked man facing left and holding a seal to his lips with his right hand and a scroll in his left. A hound is at his feet. Moulded and beaded gilt wood frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jasperware and wood, with white relief decoration, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Oval plaque of blue jasperware with white relief decoration of a full-length figure of a naked man facing left, Wedgwood and Bentley, England, ca. 1755-1780.
Physical description
Oval plaque of blue jasperware with white relief decoration of a full-length figure of a naked man facing left and holding a seal to his lips with his right hand and a scroll in his left. A hound is at his feet. Moulded and beaded gilt wood frame.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 21.6cm
  • Approx. width: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 488 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1249-1885

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Record createdMay 11, 2009
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