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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. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of blue jasper-dip, oval in shape, and with a white relief of Ganymede and the Eagle. Ganymede is seated under a tree to the right and holds a two-handled cup from which the eagle is drinking. In a moulded black wood frame.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Blue jasper-dip and in a moulded black wood frame
Brief description
Plaque of blue jasper-dip, oval in shape, and with a white relief of Ganymede and the Eagle, and in a moulded black wood frame, William Adams & Sons Ltd., Tunstall, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Plaque of blue jasper-dip, oval in shape, and with a white relief of Ganymede and the Eagle. Ganymede is seated under a tree to the right and holds a two-handled cup from which the eagle is drinking. In a moulded black wood frame.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 16.5cm
  • Approx. width: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'ADAMS' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 554 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1307-1885

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Record createdMay 22, 2009
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