On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Dish

ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bretby Art Pottery (maker)
Place of origin
Woodville (made)

Leaf-shaped earthenware dish moulded with walnuts and a pair of nutcrackers, green glazed, painted with brown and silver enamel.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Figures & Decorative Ceramics
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with green glaze, painted and moulded
Earthenware
Glazed
Moulded
Painted
Brief description
Leaf-shaped earthenware dish, painted and moulded, Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, ca. 1897
Physical description
Leaf-shaped earthenware dish moulded with walnuts and a pair of nutcrackers, green glazed, painted with brown and silver enamel.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register length: 28.5cm
  • Taken from register width: 27.5cm
  • Taken from register height: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ENGLAND' and 'BRETBY' under a sunrise
  • impressed 'RD.295659' and '2'
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Dish
made by Henry Tooth & Co. Ltd, Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England



C.280-1987 Michael Franklin Bequest
Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Franklin
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.280-1987

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Record createdJune 11, 2004
Record URL
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