Dish
1915 (painted)
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Dish, white earthenware, painted with compartments of leaves enclosing panels of blue and red flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, white earthenware, painted with compartments of leaves enclosing panels of blue and red flowers |
| Physical description | Dish, white earthenware, painted with compartments of leaves enclosing panels of blue and red flowers. |
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| Gallery label | Dish
Painted by Gabriel Cyril Bunney, blank made by an unidentified company in Tunstall, June 1915
Earthenware painted with enamels
C. 104-1998 Given by Mr. John N. Bunney and Miss Sarah E. Bunney(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by J.N. Bunney and S.E. Bunney |
| Historical context | GC Bunney's father was the painter JW Bunney, a protege of Ruskins. GC was named after DG Rossetti and a son of Holman Hunt. GC was an assistant to WR Lethaby at camberwell and he taught at the SK Schools; later he taught at Birmingham Central School. |
| Production | painted by Gabriel Cyril Bunney on a blank made by an unidentified company in Tunstall, signed and dated "GB June 1915 (painted) .... Ltd Tunstall 5.18.10 (impressed)". Part of a set given by GC Bunney to his nephew Michael JH Bunney (father of the donors) as a wedding present in 1935. Gift of John and Sarah Bunney See Subject/object information files. See also Bunney collection and archive in City Museum Birmingham, gift of J & S Bunney |
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| Bibliographic reference | See Bunney Archive and collections in City Museum, Birmingham |
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| Accession number | C.104-1998 |
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| Record created | January 5, 1999 |
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