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Charger

Ref: 1646
  • Designer / Maker

    The design attributed to William De Morgan (1839-1917)

    Probably manufactured by Craven Dunhill (founded 1872)

  • Detail

    Glazed earthenware

    30 cm (diameter)

    English (London/Jackfield), circa 1890

  • Provenance

    H. Blairman & Sons, 1998; private collection

  • Collection

    Private collection

  • Notes

    We have previously attributed the design of  this charger to Lewis F. Day, and the manufacture to Jackfields.  For a discussion of Day’s designs for Maw, see Joan Maria Hansen, Lewis F. Day (1845-1910) Unity in Design and Industry, 2007, particularly pp. 177-84.

    However, we are grateful to Eilidh Munro for drawing our attention to a tile design at the V&A by De Morgan (E.625-1917) that corresponds with the figure on the present charger. Reproduced below, copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London.