Canton Views
Dish
ca. 1835 (made)
ca. 1835 (made)
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Dish of earthenware with a waved edge with moulded, scalloped decoration. The centre of the dish is decorated with a blue transfer-printed scene of a river with two junks and a shore line edged with pagodas and figures and trees. The scene is surrounded with a geometric line pattern and the whole is bordered with a pattern of flowers and foliate scrolls which extend from the base, up the sides and over the rim.
Object details
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| Title | Canton Views (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Dish with 'Canton Views' pattern, earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Knight, Elkin & Co., Fenton, Staffordshire, England, ca. 1835 |
| Physical description | Dish of earthenware with a waved edge with moulded, scalloped decoration. The centre of the dish is decorated with a blue transfer-printed scene of a river with two junks and a shore line edged with pagodas and figures and trees. The scene is surrounded with a geometric line pattern and the whole is bordered with a pattern of flowers and foliate scrolls which extend from the base, up the sides and over the rim. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.575-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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