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

Dish

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a vineyard scene with figures in classical dress picking, carrying and pressing grapes. The border has a running pattern of vine and ears of wheat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Staffordshire, England, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Dish of earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a vineyard scene with figures in classical dress picking, carrying and pressing grapes. The border has a running pattern of vine and ears of wheat.
Dimensions
  • Length: 53.3cm
  • Width: 42.3cm
Object history
The harvest vineyard scene with figures in classical dress picking, carrying and pressing grapes is taken from a print dated 1704 published in Romeby Jacob Frey, engraved by Girolamo Frezza after Carlo Maratti.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.317-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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