Plate
1933 (made)
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Plate, glazed earthenware, flat base and a wide rim. Transfer-printed in purple with a circus scene of a man in Persian costume and dancing bear. The rim is decorated with scenes of a crowded audience intersected with poles supporting a panoply and, in one section, a clown opening curtains and showing outside a starry sky. The printed pattern is over-painted with green, yellow, brown and red and the edge of the plate is painted with a red stripe as is the slope between the flat base and the rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, glazed, transfer-printed, painted |
| Brief description | Plate, glazed earthenware decorated with a circus scene, decoration designed by Laura Knight and made by Arthur L. K. Wilksinson Ltd, Burslem, 1933 |
| Physical description | Plate, glazed earthenware, flat base and a wide rim. Transfer-printed in purple with a circus scene of a man in Persian costume and dancing bear. The rim is decorated with scenes of a crowded audience intersected with poles supporting a panoply and, in one section, a clown opening curtains and showing outside a starry sky. The printed pattern is over-painted with green, yellow, brown and red and the edge of the plate is painted with a red stripe as is the slope between the flat base and the rim. |
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| Production | Made by Arthur L. K. Wilkinson Ltd at the factory of Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Burslem, under the direction of Clarice Cliff. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.169-1972 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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