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

Ale Bench

Figure Group
ca. 1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of moulded lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and showing a quarrelling man and woman drunk and brawling, with a table overturned. Mounted on a table.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAle Bench (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Moulded lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure group 'Ale Bench' of moulded lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, Staffordshire, ca. 1835.
Physical description
Figure group of moulded lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and showing a quarrelling man and woman drunk and brawling, with a table overturned. Mounted on a table.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.5cm
  • Width: 22cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Staffordshire Fund
Subjects depicted
Associated object
C.2-2002 (Set)
Collection
Accession number
C.3-2002

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Record createdAugust 29, 2003
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