- Title:
- Outlines of Grandeur
- Object name(s):
- Side plate
- Brief description:
- Round bone china side plate, gold rim, monochrome grey transfer print of the suspension bridge over a river with a steam engine, tug boat and buildings pictured beneath rays of sunlight, labelled with 'CLIFTON OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE' in black transfer print at the bottom
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- V&A Wedgwood Collection
- Credit line:
- V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal.
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2023NN2030/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 19
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 152
- Inscription content:
- Outlines of Grandeur / DESIGNED BY / Laurence Whistler / MADE IN ENGLAND BY / WEDGWOOD / OF BARLASTON' (printed in black ink within a black lined cartouche)
- Material:
- Bone china
- Object name:
- Side plate
- Object number:
- WE.8764-2014
- Object production date:
- 20th century
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1900-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1999-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturers
- Object production person:
- Laurence Whistler
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- Barlaston
- Other number:
- 9695
- Other number type:
- Wedgwood Museum Accession number
- Physical description:
- Round bone china side plate, gold rim, monochrome grey transfer print of the suspension bridge over a river with a steam engine, tug boat and buildings pictured beneath rays of sunlight, labelled with 'CLIFTON OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE' in black transfer print at the bottom
- Reproduction number:
- 2023NN2030
- Reproduction number:
- 2023NN2029
- Responsible department/section:
- WED
- Technique:
- transfer-printed
- Technique:
- glazing
- Technique:
- transfer printed bone china
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Laurence Whistler was a renowned artist, engraver on glass, poet and author and the younger brother of Rex Whistler. In 1955-56, Whistler designed for Wedgwood a series called ‘Outlines of Grandeur’, which represents famous architecture characteristic of six distinctive periods of British history. The sites pictured include Stonehenge, Tintern Abbey, Holyroodhouse, St Paul's Cathedral, New Delhi and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f2da068e-fac0-3095-b95d-1fc56c52b56b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f2da068e-fac0-3095-b95d-1fc56c52b56b, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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