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

Dish

ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular earthenware dish moulded with an imitation lace design, two cotton reels, scissors and thimble in the round, green glazed, painted with black, white, red and silver enamel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware, moulded and painted
Brief description
Rectangular earthenware dish moulded, Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, ca. 1897
Physical description
Rectangular earthenware dish moulded with an imitation lace design, two cotton reels, scissors and thimble in the round, green glazed, painted with black, white, red and silver enamel.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register length: 21cm
  • Taken from register width: 16cm
  • Taken from register height: 4.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ENGLAND' and 'BRETBY' under a sunrise
  • impressed '1136' 'RD.304600' and '2'
Gallery label
Dish made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England C.279-1987 Michael Franklin Bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Franklin
Collection
Accession number
C.279-1987

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Record createdJune 11, 2004
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