Victorian text plaques

Visiting this weekend, 6, 7 & 8 November?

The Textile Fair is taking place in the ground floor galleries. All visitors, including members, must pre-book either fair or admission tickets before travelling due to limited parking; fair ticket holders will be prioritised. Those without a fair ticket won’t be able to access the ground floor galleries.

Artist: Unknown

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These show the effects of combining transfer-prints with painting and banding in lustre. The plaques bear cautionary texts such as "Prepare to meet they God" in picture frame-shaped designs.

Details

Artist: Unknown
Title: Victorian text plaques
Date: About 1837-1901
Medium: Lustre and transfer-printed earthenware
Reference: CVCSC:0255.127.F, 128.F and 129.F
Collection: Marx-Lambert

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