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

Plate

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of stoneware transfer-printed in black and over-painted with enamels. Circular with eight lobes and low recessed foot rim. Printed in black outline with a group of Chinese figures. A man is seated at the table and three ladies, one with a child, are all in a rectangular scroll. The rim is decorated with two groups of Buddhist emblems reserved in panels on a border of scroll-diaper enriched with flowers and leaves, in imitation of Chinese famille rose.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware transfer-printed in black and over-painted with enamels
Brief description
Plate of stoneware transfer-printed in black and over-painted with enamels, G.M. & C.J. Mason, Fenton, ca. 1815
Physical description
Plate of stoneware transfer-printed in black and over-painted with enamels. Circular with eight lobes and low recessed foot rim. Printed in black outline with a group of Chinese figures. A man is seated at the table and three ladies, one with a child, are all in a rectangular scroll. The rim is decorated with two groups of Buddhist emblems reserved in panels on a border of scroll-diaper enriched with flowers and leaves, in imitation of Chinese famille rose.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crown with 'MASON'S' above and 'PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA' below [on a drapery] (Printed in black and over painted in green)
  • 'MASON'S PATENT IRONSIDE CHINA' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B.E. Nichols
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.126-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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