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

Bowl

ca. 1916 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, octagonal, of bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with two coats of powder blue and ruby, mixed blue and orange lustre glazes with gold print and edge. Outside, fishes on a powder blue ground; inside fishes on a pearly ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours, lustre glazes and gilt
Brief description
Bowl of bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours, lustre glazes and gilt; designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1916
Physical description
Bowl, octagonal, of bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with two coats of powder blue and ruby, mixed blue and orange lustre glazes with gold print and edge. Outside, fishes on a powder blue ground; inside fishes on a pearly ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The Portland vase and 'WEDGWOOD ENGLAND' in gold
  • '1' printed in brown
Credit line
Given by H.M. Queen Mary
Production
Pattern no. 4950
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Fontaines, Una des, Lionel Lambourne and Ann Eatwell (editor). Miss Jones and her fairyland [catalogue], London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, Cat. No. 3, p. 34.
Collection
Accession number
C.278-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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