Plaque: C.10-X

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

• Plaque

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

Circular lead-glazed earthenware plaque painted in polychrome enamels with a rural scene showing a girl walking from market towards a village church

Cream earthenware, lead-glazed, and painted in blue, shades of yellowish-green, yellow, purple, brown, grey, and black enamels. On the reverse there is an unglazed area around the outer edge. Circular, with a flat centre and a raised edge, sloping outwards on the outside. The flat area is painted with a rural scene. A young a woman wearing early 19th century dress is depicted walking along a path leading to a distant church and village. She is evidently coming home from market, as she is carrying a basket with a lamb in it. To the right of her there is an irregular plank fence and two trees, and to her left, two smaller trees on a bank. At top centre there is a suspension holeThe inside edge of the frame is decorated in brown with a bead and reel border, and the exterior is dark brown overall. On the back, painted in red enamel is the title, 'Country Girl, returning/from Market,/1830".

Legal notes

Donor and date of acquisition unknown

Dating

19th Century, second quarter
George IV
William IV
Production date: dated AD 1830

Note

Accessioned as 'Perhaps a pot-lid with the flange ground down', but it is large for a pot-lid, and it seems more likely to have been made to hang up as a small picture