Plate
ca. 1954 (made)
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Plate of cream coloured earthenware, rectangular shape with rounded corners, and printed in the centre in black with a stylised owl and other bird in a luxuriant moonlit landscape, and around the inside of the rim is a border of stylised organic shapes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with printed decoration |
| Brief description | Plate of earthenware and printed in the centre in black with a stylised owl and other bird in a luxuriant moonlit landscape, designed by Laurence Scarfe, made by Ridgway Potteries Ltd., Shelton, ca. 1954. |
| Physical description | Plate of cream coloured earthenware, rectangular shape with rounded corners, and printed in the centre in black with a stylised owl and other bird in a luxuriant moonlit landscape, and around the inside of the rim is a border of stylised organic shapes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A swan and a crown and 'ROYAL SWAN, MADE IN ENGLAND, THESE COLOURS ARE UNDERGLAZE & DETERGENT PROOF' [within an oval of dots] (Printed in green) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | One plate of seven C.79 to 85-1978. The original drawings are in the V&A's Prints and Drawings Department: E.527 to 660-1978 pp 1-5. The transfer designs were made by Laurence Scarfe from lithographs at the Royal College of Art under Professor Robert Baker, Head of the Ceramics School. |
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| Accession number | C.84-1978 |
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| Record created | November 14, 2008 |
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