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

Marrakesh

Plate
1992 (designed), 1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dinner plate of buff stoneware, with white glazed well, mosaic-like band around the flange, and mottled matt brown glaze on back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Marrakesh (manufacturer's title)
  • Sovereign (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, coloured glazes
Brief description
Dinner plate, stoneware, 'Marrakesh' pattern, designed by Claire Bernard, 1992, made Denby, England, 1996
Physical description
Dinner plate of buff stoneware, with white glazed well, mosaic-like band around the flange, and mottled matt brown glaze on back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.7cm
  • Diameter: 26.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DENBY / HANDCRAFTED / OVEN MICROWAVE FREEZER / DISHWASHER SAFE / ENGLAND' within a rectangle and 'MARRAKESH' outside below. (Printed in black)
  • '102 - G' (In grey)
  • (Paper label on base)
Credit line
Given by The Denby Pottery Company Ltd.
Object history
Shown by Denby and selected for acquisition by the Museum at the International Spring Fair, NEC, Birmingham, February 1996.
Bibliographic reference
Irene and Gordon Hopwood. Denby Pottery 1809-1997. Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1997
Collection
Accession number
C.39-1998

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Record createdNovember 25, 2008
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