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Plaque and Frame

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of porcelain painted with enamels and in a gilt wood frame. Rectangular in shape and painted with a group of birds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Plaque Fragments
  • Fragments
  • Frame
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and in a gilt wood frame
Brief description
Rectangular plaque of porcelain painted with enamels and in a gilt wood frame, possibly Copeland & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Plaque of porcelain painted with enamels and in a gilt wood frame. Rectangular in shape and painted with a group of birds.
Dimensions
  • Approx. length: 35.6cm
  • Approx. width: 30.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Hy Pedley' (Signature)
  • 'Pleading of the Birds', with three rows below, and the row on the left with 'Swallow / Nightingale / Chaffinch / Bulfinch', the middle row 'Wood Pigeons / Jay / Wren' and on the right 'Redbreast / Thursh / Starling / Goldfinch / Canary / Blackbird'
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Henry Pedley worked at Copeland's factory and at Old Hall factory, Hanley, the latter demolished in 1903.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.755:1, 2-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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