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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Love Chase

Bowl
ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of earthenware, transfer-printed in blue with the subjects of Zephyrus and Flora, Hippomenes and Atalanta, and Apollo and Daphne. Inside on the bottom is a medallion with two doves, a bow, quiver, club, and other emblems, and round the rim is a border of conventional flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLove Chase (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in blue
Brief description
Bowl, lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in blue with 'Love Chase' pattern, Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1810
Physical description
Bowl of earthenware, transfer-printed in blue with the subjects of Zephyrus and Flora, Hippomenes and Atalanta, and Apollo and Daphne. Inside on the bottom is a medallion with two doves, a bow, quiver, club, and other emblems, and round the rim is a border of conventional flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Diameter: 13.0cm
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Staffordshire, about 1800-20 Lead-glazed earthenware 581-1905 Given by Sir C. Purdon Clarke(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Sir C. Purdon Clarke
Object history
This Spode cup is decorated with the Love Chase pattern
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
"The dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery" Volume 1 - AW Coysh and RK Henrywood ACC 1989, p.228
Collection
Accession number
581-1905

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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