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

Tankard

last quarter of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard of buff-coloured stoneware, with applied and incised decoration, painted in blue, dark green and brown. Cylindrical with loop handle. Round the middle is a group of deer, above and below which is a wreath of green foliage on a brown band edged with small quatrefoils in white on blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with applied and incised decoration, painted in colours
Brief description
Tankard, stoneware with applied and incised decoration, painted in colours, made by James Stiff & Sons, The London Pottery , Lambeth, last quarter of 19th century
Physical description
Tankard of buff-coloured stoneware, with applied and incised decoration, painted in blue, dark green and brown. Cylindrical with loop handle. Round the middle is a group of deer, above and below which is a wreath of green foliage on a brown band edged with small quatrefoils in white on blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J. STIFF & SONS LAMBETH' within an oval medallion (Impressed)
  • '2893 W. H.' (Incised)
Gallery label
Jug made by James Stiff & Sons, The London Pottery , Lambeth, London, England, 3824-1901(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at The London Pottery, Lambeth.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
3824-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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