Clock — Clarendon, Barlaston, 1989
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1989
Clock in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number WE.18585-2014), made in Barlaston, dated 1989. The museum's brief description reads: Clock, Earthenware with transfer printing and gilding, metal and glass, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons and Ralph Lauren, Barlaston,1989. Museum description: Clock, Earthenware with transfer printing and gilding, metal and glass. Mantle clock, front and sides has a dark green highland tartan pattern with gilding to edges. Back of clock and base is a cream earthenware. Circular clock face in front, with a gilded edge and black numbers and clock hands. The museum records it as Earthenware with transfer printing and gilding, metal and glass, measuring Height 130 mm; Diameter 62 mm; Length 135 mm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Earthenware, metal
- Dimensions
- Height 130 mm; Diameter 62 mm; Length 135 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware with transfer printing and gilding, metal and glass
- Place recorded
- Barlaston
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- RALPH LAUREN / CLARENDON / © Polo Ralph Lauren 1989' (circular marking in gold, with horse polo symbol); 'WEDGWOOD ® / MADE IN ENGLAND' (marked in gold); 'WEDGWOOD / QUARTZ / MADE IN ENGLAND' (printed in black on clock face)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Clock
- Museum object number
- WE.18585-2014
- Museum system number
- O1816661
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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