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

Plate

ca. 1776-88 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Scalloped edge. A man on a donkey smoking a pipe with a woman and children walking beside him. Cell diaper border.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, ca. 1776-88
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Scalloped edge. A man on a donkey smoking a pipe with a woman and children walking beside him. Cell diaper border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'S' (In underglaze blue)
  • 'Salopian' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Object history
The scene is taken from an engraving 'The Travellers' after Paul Sandby, ECC Trans Vol 10. pt I.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Blake-Roberts, Gaye, 'Sources of Decoration on an unrecorded Caughley Dessert Service' English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol 10, Part1, 1976. pp.59-68.
  • For the pattern and dating to 1776-88 see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. B11
Collection
Accession number
C.157-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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