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Charger

1882 (painted), 1877 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Large charger depicting a portrait of a woman. She has brown curly hair arranged and tied with a dark red ribbon. She wears a flowing robe dress in pale green with a yellow scaf draped around her shoulders. She stands in front of a wall with a carved pattern in the border, and there are dark green leaves and purple flowers surrounding her head.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted and glazed
Brief description
Charger depicting a female portrait and foliage, painted by Charlotte H. Spiers, England, 1882
Physical description
Large charger depicting a portrait of a woman. She has brown curly hair arranged and tied with a dark red ribbon. She wears a flowing robe dress in pale green with a yellow scaf draped around her shoulders. She stands in front of a wall with a carved pattern in the border, and there are dark green leaves and purple flowers surrounding her head.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 50cm
  • Depth: 5.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • CH Spiers (signature painted on front)
  • CH Spiers 1882 Copyright reserved (painted on reverse)
  • Mintons (impressed on reverse with other cyphers, including cypher date mark for 1877)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Collection
Accession number
C.86-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
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