Portrait Plaque of Elizabeth Canning
Date1755-1760
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (tortoiseshell-colored earthenware / creamware)
DimensionsOH: 6 3/8"; OW: 5 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-227,2
DescriptionPlaque molded with a 3/4 portrait of Elizabeth Canning within a Roccoco cartouche of irregular shape composed of c- and s-scrolls and shells. She faces frontward and gestures to the proper right and wears a white cap with blue trim and a green shawl over her blue and gold dress. The portrait against a mottled steel gray ground. The individual elements each painted in differing tortoiseshell oxide colors, including green, yellow, and blue. The back flat, with all-over gray coloring and some evidence of stilt marks under the paper lables.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceEx Coll: Harland, No. R.36with P[?] D[?] 12 Dec. 1923
Ex Coll: T. Scholes
with Sotheby's London, 14 Nov. 1961
1754
1765-1775
ca. 1760
ca. 1760
1650-1675
