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EXHIBITION PARIS 1878

Commemorative Plate
1878 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wear Pottery, Samuel Moore & Co. (maker)
Brown-Westhead, T. C. (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Flattish round plate of earthenware with a white glaze and light blue transfer print. Designed to commemorate the Paris Exhibition; 1878 and showing the name and address of the pottery around the outer edge and a floral pattern with the words in banners across the centre.
*TC Brown-Westhead; Moore & Co; 1862-1904.

Object details

Object type
Commemorative plate
TitleEXHIBITION PARIS 1878 (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware glazed white and printed in light blue
Brief description
Commemorative Plate; English; 1878
Physical description
Flattish round plate of earthenware with a white glaze and light blue transfer print. Designed to commemorate the Paris Exhibition; 1878 and showing the name and address of the pottery around the outer edge and a floral pattern with the words in banners across the centre.
*TC Brown-Westhead; Moore & Co; 1862-1904.
Dimensions
  • Width: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
TC Brown-Westhead; Moore & Co; Cauldon Place Staffordshire Potteries England
Credit line
Given by Eileen A. Brock
Object history
References: Godden; p. 111

Belonged to the donor's mother; Amy Kate Grahame Piercy and said to have come from the Paris Exhibition
Production
Made by: TC Brown-Westhead; Moore & Co.
England
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.155-1993

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
Record URL
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