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

Naturalist service

Plate
1870 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, white earthenware, printed with randomly placed motifs - butterflies and wild flowers; printed black outline and colours, industrially made.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNaturalist service (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer-printed black outline and colours
Brief description
Plate, white earthenware, printed, designed by William Stephen Coleman, 1870, manufactured by Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent
Physical description
Plate, white earthenware, printed with randomly placed motifs - butterflies and wild flowers; printed black outline and colours, industrially made.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W. S. Coleman Inv & del. Minton & Co. Manuf. No. 1329' (indistinct, with a scrolling ribbon, a flower, butterfly and perching swallow, and a diamond registration mark for 18 March 1870 printed.)
Credit line
Given by Patricia Astley-Cooper
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.46-2004

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Record createdMay 19, 2004
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