Not currently on display at the V&A

Plaque

1906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of copper, painted in enamel colours partly over gold and silver foil with a cockerel. The bird stands to the righ and is painted in green and white and touches of red. The background is hsaded in greenish blue.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Plaque, enamel on copper, by William Mark (Australian) for the Guild of Handicraft, Chipping Campden, England, 1906.
Physical description
Plaque of copper, painted in enamel colours partly over gold and silver foil with a cockerel. The bird stands to the righ and is painted in green and white and touches of red. The background is hsaded in greenish blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Width: 15.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
W. Mark (Signed)
Object history
See E.489-1966 for design drawing.
Production
Design is probably copied from a drawing by Joseph Crawhall.
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
See Catalogue of 'C. R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft', 1981, Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham.
Collection
Accession number
620-1906

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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