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

Plate

mid 19th century (made), first half of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of earthenware, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is a bouquet of moss-roses and forget-me-nots. The rim has a moulded scrolled edge and is decorated with a wreath of roses in yellow on a light blue ground covered with gilt lattice-work; the lower side is painted with three forget-me-not sprays to conceal the spur marks.
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is a spray of a flowering shrub, and on the rim are bouquets in three shaped panels reserved in white on a light blue ground mottled with gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Plate of earthenware, painted in enamel colours and gilt, made by Charles Meigh & Co., English (Old Hall, Hanley), mid 19th century
Physical description
Plate of earthenware, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is a bouquet of moss-roses and forget-me-nots. The rim has a moulded scrolled edge and is decorated with a wreath of roses in yellow on a light blue ground covered with gilt lattice-work; the lower side is painted with three forget-me-not sprays to conceal the spur marks.
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is a spray of a flowering shrub, and on the rim are bouquets in three shaped panels reserved in white on a light blue ground mottled with gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C. MEIGH & SON' above the royal arms of England (Printed in black)
  • 'EARTHEN WARE' (Written in purple)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
English (Old Hall, Hanley)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2714-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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