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Excalibur: The coming of Arthur: The lady of the lake gives the sword to King Arthur, tile

MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer), John MOYR SMITH (designer)
Excalibur: The coming of Arthur: The lady of the lake gives the sword to King Arthur, tile
 (c. 1876)
from the Tennyson's Idylls of the King series (c. 1876)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
15.3 × 15.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson and Colin Lane through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2009

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
printed (inverted) (diagonally) in brown (in image) c.l.: MOYR SMITH
cast in rear c.: MINTONS / CHINA WORKS / STOKE ON TRENT / STOKE upon TRENT (in a banner) / MINTON. (in a banner) (horizontally over globe) / WALBROOK.LONDON. (in a banner)

Accession Number
2009.113

Department
International Decorative Arts

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