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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 with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. In the middle is a bouquet and on the rim are the figures of a lion, a woman with an anchor, a pair of scales and two sprays of foliage, in panels separated by stars in medallions.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels
Brief description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels, made by Ferdinando Lefevre, Rome, 19th century.
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. In the middle is a bouquet and on the rim are the figures of a lion, a woman with an anchor, a pair of scales and two sprays of foliage, in panels separated by stars in medallions.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'F. LEFEVRE ROMA' (Impressed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4136-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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