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

Bowl

middle of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Punch bowl of earthenware transfer-printed in brown, painted in colours and gilded in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. Supported on a high foot. Decorated inside and outside with panels of ornamental sprays of flowers and butterflies, irregularly distributed over the surface. The decoration is printed in brown outline, filled in with painting in dark blue and shades of red and with gilding.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in brown, painted in colours and gilded
Earthenware
Transfer-Printed
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Punch bowl of earthenware transfer-printed in brown, painted in colours and gilded, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, middle of 19th century
Physical description
Punch bowl of earthenware transfer-printed in brown, painted in colours and gilded in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. Supported on a high foot. Decorated inside and outside with panels of ornamental sprays of flowers and butterflies, irregularly distributed over the surface. The decoration is printed in brown outline, filled in with painting in dark blue and shades of red and with gilding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Diameter: 40cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'OLD DERBY' and a bow crossed by a quiver inscribed 'RIDGWAYS' (Printed in red)
  • 'K' (In blue)
  • Various numerals (In red or impressed)
Credit line
Given by F.L. Lucas, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Butterflies
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.242-1909

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O282049/bowl-brown-westhead-moore/
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