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Dish
Pearson, John - Enlarge image
Dish
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1885-1900 (decorated)
- Artist/Maker:
Pearson, John (designers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Miss Cynthia Gabrielle Dunn
- Museum number:
C.5-1999
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case J1, shelf 1
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.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
1885-1900 (decorated)
Artist/maker
Pearson, John (designers)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'JP' [monogram] and geometrical shape
Dimensions
Length: 38.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
Descriptive line
Dish of earthenware painted with over-glaze enamel colours and silver lustre, designed and decorated by John Pearson, England, 1885-1900.
Production Note
The pattern designed and painted by John Pearson using a blank from an unidentified factory.
Materials
Earthenware
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Lustre
Subjects depicted
Birds; Leaves; Trees; Sun; Peacock feathers
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
