Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

1872
Artist/Maker
Minton Art Pottery (Made by)

Charger with central portrait of a woman in side profile set on a navy blue ground. The woman has auburn hair tied up with ribbons and flowers. She wears earrings, a necklace and a white top. The central reserve is surrounded by a thick border in a cream colour with branches, leaves, pink flowers, and two butterflies.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Plate
Brief description
Plate with female portrait, Minton Art Pottery Studio, London, 1872
Physical description
Charger with central portrait of a woman in side profile set on a navy blue ground. The woman has auburn hair tied up with ribbons and flowers. She wears earrings, a necklace and a white top. The central reserve is surrounded by a thick border in a cream colour with branches, leaves, pink flowers, and two butterflies.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35cm
  • Depth: 3.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Minton's Art Pottery Studio Kensington Gore (printed mark)
  • Impressed marks including U, 2, 737 and cypher circle with cross for 1872
  • BC initials, 38, S111 (all painted)
Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.77-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459840/plate-minton-art-pottery/
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