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Innocence

Dish
1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Belleek Pottery (manufacturer)
Sheerin, Eugene (designer)
Place of origin
Fermanagh (made)

Dish 'Innocence' of porcelain painted with sepia coloured enamels with a girl and baby in a woodland.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Enamels
Object type
Dish
TitleInnocence (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Brief description
Dish 'Innocence' of porcelain painted with enamels, designed by E. Sheerin, Belleek pottery, Fermanagh, Ireland, 1879.
Physical description
Dish 'Innocence' of porcelain painted with sepia coloured enamels with a girl and baby in a woodland.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Innocence by E. Sheerin Sep 1879' (painted in brown)
  • Belleek harp mark (Impressed)
  • '33' (impressed and underlined)
  • Belleek harp mark (printed in black)
  • '78'
Object history
Bought on 16/11/1995, but on long loan since 1971
Subjects depicted
Girl
Baby
Woodland
Bibliographic reference
Langham, Marian, 'Belleek Irish Porcelain' Quiller Press, 1993
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.78-1995

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O332138/innocence-dish-sheerin-eugene/
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