Dish
ca. 1820 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | CIRC.317-1974 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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