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

Plate

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

Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black. With the Prodigal son and his father in a landscape with two other figures. Rim printed with a wreath of formal flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black
Brief description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black, Choisy-le-Roi pottery factory, Choisy-le-Roi, 19th century.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in black. With the Prodigal son and his father in a landscape with two other figures. Rim printed with a wreath of formal flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'P&H' above 'CHOISY 18' [within a shield] (Impressed)
  • 'L'Enfant Prodigue fait l'aven de ses fautes à son Père' and '9' (Below the illustration)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1-1913

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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