Not currently on display at the V&A

Charger

1871-5
Artist/Maker
Minton Art Pottery (Made by)
William Stephen Coleman (Painted by)

Charger with painted decoration depicting a nude adolescent girl and younger girl sitting on a beach with the sea and mountains in the background. The adolescent girl sits on a ledge with a blanket. She has long flowing auburn hair and wears a bonnet, a necklace and a cape draped on her back. She holds a conch shell to her ear. The younger girl wears a black hat and necklace and holds a starfish. There is a basket full of shells at her feet. In the background a boat with a white sail sails past.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Charger
Brief description
Charger with girls and shells on the beach, painted by W.S Coleman, Minton Art Pottery, London, 1871-5
Physical description
Charger with painted decoration depicting a nude adolescent girl and younger girl sitting on a beach with the sea and mountains in the background. The adolescent girl sits on a ledge with a blanket. She has long flowing auburn hair and wears a bonnet, a necklace and a cape draped on her back. She holds a conch shell to her ear. The younger girl wears a black hat and necklace and holds a starfish. There is a basket full of shells at her feet. In the background a boat with a white sail sails past.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 42.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • W.S Coleman (signature painted on front)
  • Minton's Art Pottery Studio Kensington Gore (printed mark on reverse)
  • Minton (impressed)
  • 89E (painted)
  • other impressed marks and cyphers
Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Associated object
E.2389-1953
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.75-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459838/charger-william-stephen-coleman/
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