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

Wall Bracket

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wall bracket of porcelain, with flat, unglazed upper surface of roughly square form; the back also unglazed and smooth, with a circular hole near the top. The underside of the platform is moulded to resemble a shell and below that is the front portion of a tiger eating grapes. The glaze of a slightly blue-grey tinge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Wall bracket, glazed white porcelain, England, ca. 1760
Physical description
Wall bracket of porcelain, with flat, unglazed upper surface of roughly square form; the back also unglazed and smooth, with a circular hole near the top. The underside of the platform is moulded to resemble a shell and below that is the front portion of a tiger eating grapes. The glaze of a slightly blue-grey tinge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Platform projects depth: 11.0cm
Production
Previously attributed to Richard Chaffers factory, Liverpool.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this bracket, and the unattributed group to which it belongs, see Roderick Jellicoe, 'Liverpool Porcelain: Fact or Fiction?', Northern Ceramic Society Journal, Vpl. 28 (2012), pp. 175-190
Collection
Accession number
C.9-1970

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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