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Dish

1848 (made)
Artist/Maker
Davenport & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Longport (made)

Large oval dish, cream-coloured earthenware printed in blue, with two ladies and a gentleman in a landscape with a castle in the distance and flowers round the rim.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Scotland
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer-printed
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Brief description
Dish of earthenware, transfer-printed, Walter Scott's 'Bride of Lammermoor', Davenport & Co, Longport, 1848
Physical description
Large oval dish, cream-coloured earthenware printed in blue, with two ladies and a gentleman in a landscape with a castle in the distance and flowers round the rim.
Dimensions
  • Length: 46.7cm
  • Depth: 37cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DAVENPORT' over an anchor with '4' and '8' on either side of the anchorfor the date 1848. (impressed to base)
  • A cartouche of flowers and scroll-work enclosing the words 'Scott's Illustrations, Bride of Lammermoor' with 'DAVENPORT' beneath (most of word is missing) (printed in blue to base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by R.E. Jerome
Object history
Bequeathed by R.E. Jerome
Historical context
The pattern was taken from the Magnum Opus collected edition of Scott's works, published by Robert Cadell between 1829 and 1833. the date range of these Scott illustrations is from the mid 1830s to the 1860s. See Coysh and Henrywood.
Association
Scott, Walter (Sir)
Literary referenceBride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
Bibliographic reference
Coysh, A.W., and Henrywood, R.K., The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, (Woodbridge: Antique Collector's Club, 1982), p.325.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.26-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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