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

Plate

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

Plate of earthenware painted with colours with the Holy Family. The Virgin is seated with the Infant Saviour, who clings to his mother's neck, and by her side is the youthful Saint John the Baptist with a lamb. Saint Joseph is sawing wood behind them. In the background stands a house with an outside staircase, up which a woman is walking.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Plate of earthenware painted with colours, painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, second half of 19th century
Physical description
Plate of earthenware painted with colours with the Holy Family. The Virgin is seated with the Infant Saviour, who clings to his mother's neck, and by her side is the youthful Saint John the Baptist with a lamb. Saint Joseph is sawing wood behind them. In the background stands a house with an outside staircase, up which a woman is walking.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MINTON' with a crown and three ermine spots
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dr A.G. Medwin
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
517-1894

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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