Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration moulded in low relief and painted in colours. In the middle is the legend of the Virgin and the unicorn. Circular with a sunken middle. Rim is decorated with a repeated design of foliated scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration moulded in low relief and painted in colours
Brief description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration moulded and painted in colours, Nuremberg, late 19th century
Physical description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration moulded in low relief and painted in colours. In the middle is the legend of the Virgin and the unicorn. Circular with a sunken middle. Rim is decorated with a repeated design of foliated scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35.6cm
Object history
Register note: made by Fleischmann, no other information.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
809-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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