Dish

ca. 1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of earthenware with pâte-sur-pâte decoration. Covered with a black glaze and the front is decorated in white pâte-sur-pâte with two adolescent girls with draperies, one stands and the other sits on a tree stump beside a pool of water-lilies. The rim is decorated with two concentric bands of gilding.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware with pâte-sur-pâte decoration and gilded
Brief description
Dish of earthenware with pâte-sur-pâte decoration, decorated by F. Schenck, made by George Jones & Sons, Burslem, ca. 1885.
Physical description
Dish of earthenware with pâte-sur-pâte decoration. Covered with a black glaze and the front is decorated in white pâte-sur-pâte with two adolescent girls with draperies, one stands and the other sits on a tree stump beside a pool of water-lilies. The rim is decorated with two concentric bands of gilding.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Schenck Sc' (Signed)
  • Indistinct mark [in monogram] and a crescent (Impressed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Jewitt, L.F.W. & Godden G. Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1800-1900. London : Arco Publishing, 1972. Plate 74
  • Batkin, Maureen. Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959. Richard Dennis Publications, 1982.
Collection
Accession number
C.149-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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