Seven Designs for Decorated Plates
![Seven Designs for Decorated Plates by Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/seven-designs-for-decorated-plates-394826.webp)
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.527(26)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-19th century, the height of Britain's industrial pottery boom, *Seven Designs for Decorated* (1845–55) the creative bridge between artisanal sketchwork and mass production. Created by Samuel Alcock & Company, a prominent Staffordshire ceramics firm, in collaboration with illustrator Alfred Henry Forrester (known as Alfred Crowquill), sheet features intricate pen-and-ink drawings heightened with watercolor. Measuring 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches, it showcases seven ornamental motifs dominated by lush leaf patterns—evident from the work's tags—intended for transfer onto dinnerware. These ...
About the Artist
Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British|British) · 1828 |1804 –1859 |1872
British, active ca. 1828–59|British, London 1804–1872 London