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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Night

Tile
ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Night' is symbolised by the figure of a woman wearing a green cloak over a yellow-brown dress. She stands against a yellowish toned wall. Behind this is a turreted castle, and a sickle moon is seen in a grey-blue sky. At the woman's feet is brownish-yellow grass, and tulips which are mainly yellow-brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNight (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamels
Brief description
'Night' tile, earthenware, painted in enamels; Cottier & Co., England (London), ca. 1880
Physical description
'Night' is symbolised by the figure of a woman wearing a green cloak over a yellow-brown dress. She stands against a yellowish toned wall. Behind this is a turreted castle, and a sickle moon is seen in a grey-blue sky. At the woman's feet is brownish-yellow grass, and tulips which are mainly yellow-brown.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed on the reverse in black paint: 'Cottier and Co., London' super-imposed on an anchor, and 'No. 641'
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.68A-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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