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

Tile

1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Minton (maker)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Tile of porcelain transfer-printed in crimson with a bust portrait of George IV.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in crimson
Porcelain
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Tile of porcelain transfer-printed in crimson with a bust portrait of George IV, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, 1908
Physical description
Tile of porcelain transfer-printed in crimson with a bust portrait of George IV.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11.4cm
  • Width: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MINTONS' [inscribed on a label placed across a globe with a crown above] / 'ENGLAND' (Printed in crimson)
  • 'GEORGE IV. / Born Augt.12.1762, proclaimed King of Engld.Jan.31.1820.' (Under the bust portrait)
  • 'MINTONS' (Impressed)
  • '2' within a circle (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by the makers
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Bust
George IV (King of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
755-1908

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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