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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of lead-glazed white earthenware painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a flower, and the edge of the rim is painted brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of lead-glazed white earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Thomas Pardoe, Swansea Pottery, Swansea, ca. 1805.
Physical description
Plate of lead-glazed white earthenware painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a flower, and the edge of the rim is painted brown.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SWANSEA' (Impressed)
  • A spade (Impressed)
  • 'Bladder Hibiscus' (Written in red on the back)
Gallery label
Plate Painted by W W Young, made at the Swansea pottery, about 1805 Marks: 'SWANSEA', impressed, a spade, impressed and 'Bladder Hibiscus', written in red Lead-glazed earthenware 3479-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Copied from pl. 209, vol. 6 of Curtis 'Botanical Magazine', 1793.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
3479-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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