- Title:
- Outlines of Grandeur
- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Round plate with outline depiction of square in New Delhi depicting a column in front of a colonaded building with a dome and beds of planted trees either side of the column and a dark sky full of stars, a decal 'NEW DELHI' placed underneath the main design and a gold edging to the plate, fully glazed
- 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/2023NL9648/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- 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 in black outline in shape of classical column capital
- Material:
- earthenware
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- WE.8787-2014
- Object production date:
- 1955-1956
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1955-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1956-12-31
- 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:
- 15664
- Other number type:
- Wedgwood Museum Accession number
- Physical description:
- Round plate with outline depiction of square in New Delhi depicting a column in front of a colonaded building with a dome and beds of planted trees either side of the column and a dark sky full of stars, a decal 'NEW DELHI' placed underneath the main design and a gold edging to the plate, fully glazed
- Reproduction number:
- 2023NL9648
- Reproduction number:
- 2023NL9649
- Responsible department/section:
- WED
- Technique:
- transfer-printed
- Technique:
- glazing
- Technique:
- Glazed Queen's ware with transfer printed design
- 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/01919a25-2207-38d8-86d2-199c3a1c7412
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01919a25-2207-38d8-86d2-199c3a1c7412, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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