Not on display

Charger

1873, 1872
Artist/Maker

Charger with painted decoration depicting a young girl fishing. The girl has long curly auburn hair and wears a bonnet on her head. She is nude except for a pink cape draped on her back. She sits on a blanket on a river bank and holds a rod in one hand and a fish in the other. Behind her is a basket and tree trunk. The river and sea stretch into the background.

Object details

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Brief description
Charger depicting a girl fishing, painted by W.S Coleman, Minton Art Pottery, London, 1873
Physical description
Charger with painted decoration depicting a young girl fishing. The girl has long curly auburn hair and wears a bonnet on her head. She is nude except for a pink cape draped on her back. She sits on a blanket on a river bank and holds a rod in one hand and a fish in the other. Behind her is a basket and tree trunk. The river and sea stretch into the background.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 49.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • W.S Coleman 1873

    Note
    painted on front

  • Minton's Art Pottery Studio Kensington Gore

    Note
    printed mark on reverse

  • Minton

    Note
    Impressed mark on reverse

  • date cypher for 1872

  • 151

    Note
    painted on reverse



  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Accession number
C.66-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
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