Plaque
Watcombe Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1884 - 1901
Materials
Oil paint, Terracotta
Measurements
315 mm (D)
Place of origin
Torquay
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 121112
Summary
Painted terracotta plaque of yellow irises on green painted base. Ferguson 'Plaque, red earthenware, of plate form pierced for suspension, painted in unfired oil paints with yellow irises, impressed mark 'Watcombe Pottery Torquay, Devon c 1884-1901. Note inscribed in pencil on the reverse Mrs. Miller, Ashfields. (1942 Inventory p 59)
Makers and roles
Watcombe Pottery, potter