Dish
1885-1900 (decorated)
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Dish of earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre. Factory-made white curved-sided rectangular dish with blue 'tree of life' design with green leaves, four blue birds (two in flight), and silver sun with rays behind. The border has a blue and turquoise peacock feather pattern. The back of the dish has a blue, turquoise and brown crocodile bearing the decorator's mark and surrounded by abstract leaves, a globe and wavy lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre |
| Brief description | Dish of earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre, designed and decorated by John Pearson, England, 1885-1900. |
| Physical description | Dish of earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre. Factory-made white curved-sided rectangular dish with blue 'tree of life' design with green leaves, four blue birds (two in flight), and silver sun with rays behind. The border has a blue and turquoise peacock feather pattern. The back of the dish has a blue, turquoise and brown crocodile bearing the decorator's mark and surrounded by abstract leaves, a globe and wavy lines. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Interlaced 'JP' [monogram] and geometrical shape (Decorator's mark) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Cynthia Gabrielle Dunn |
| Production | The pattern designed and painted by John Pearson using a blank from an unidentified factory. |
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| Accession number | C.5-1999 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2003 |
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