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Like all of his production other than tiles, it was made  for show rather than for use.  Although De Morgan returned to this image many times and the dish itself was made in Staffordshire, it is a unique work.  He bought the dish in as a blank and it was decorated and then re-fired at his own workshop. The plain, rimless shape was especially suitable for elaborate pictorial decoration such as this.<br><br><b>People</b><br>William Frend De Morgan (1839-1917) was a friend of William Morris, and designed stained glass and tiles for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.  De Morgan established his own company, experimenting first with stained glass and then  in the 1860s with ceramic production.  He moved workshops from Chelsea to Merton Abbey in Wandsworth, London, and then to nearby Fulham. He spent many years acquiring the expertise to fire lustre glazes in the manner of 14th- and 15th-century ceramics from the Islamic world and Moorish Spain; blue, green and purple were favoured colours, under the same influence.  From around 1907, owing to ill-health and changes in fashionable taste, he gradually ceased production and, over the last ten years of his life, he became a highly successful novelist.","physicalDescription":"Saucer shaped dish painted in ruby and yellow lustres on a white slip, with an antelope standing before an apple tree and two fish in a reserve beneath. The antelope is painted in ruby lustre, and details like the apples on the trees, flowers and other motifs, in yellow lustre. On the reverse side are concentric circles in lustre painting and a border of formalised flowers around the edge.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"De Morgan, William Frend","id":"A8328"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"William De Morgan, Merton Abbey Factory","id":"A1382"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Earthenware","id":"x29356"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware, painted in ruby and yellow lustres","categories":[{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AP5593","2006AL5067","2018KT9843"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125C","id":"THES49896"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"5"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dish","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1880-1885","earliest":"1880-01-01","latest":"1885-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"MA/1/V7/2","id":"ARC186925"},"association":"Archive record"}],"creditLine":"Given by Sydney Vacher","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"36.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: measured; 21/12/1998 by sf","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'22'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"impressing","position":"reverse","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"reverse; impressing"}],"objectHistory":"Designed by William De Morgan (born in London, 1839, died there in 1917); the blank made in Staffordshire and decorated at the De Morgan works, probably at Merton Abbey, Wandsworth, London. Exhibited in Japan, 01/10/1992-05/05/1993.\n\nHistorical significance: The design and technique are based upon a mediaeval Persian dish. The antelope standing against a foliage background by the waters edge is a standard design in Persian lustre wares.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dish, painted in ruby and yellow lustre with an antelope before an apple tree. English, 1882-88. Designed by William De Morgan.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Pinkham, Roger. <font -u>Catalogue of Pottery by William de Morgan</font>. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973. p.39."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"See Object Information file in Ceramics and Glass Section offices."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bryant, Julius.<u> Art and Design for all: The Victoria and Albert Museum </u>. London: V&A publishing, 2011. p 218. ISBN 978 1 85177 666 5"}],"production":"The dish is a Staffordshire-made blank (maker unknown), bought in and decorated at the De Morgan pottery","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"antelope","id":"x30172"},{"text":"apple tree","id":"x30173"},{"text":"flowers (plants)","id":"AAT132399"},{"text":"fish","id":"x30068"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nLUSTRE DISHES<br>\nWilliam De Morgan was one of the most innovative of the British art potters working between about 1870 and 1900 and he spent many years experimenting with original techniques. His passion was the development of pattern and colours inspired by historic Spanish and 'Persian' pottery. The antelope standing against a foliage background by the water's edge was a standard design in Persian lustre wares. Compare De Morgan's dish with the one on its left.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Dish 'Antelope Dish'\n William de Morgan, England, \n\n\n832-1905 Given by Sydney Vacher Esq.","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}}],"partNumbers":["832-1905"],"accessionNumberNum":"832","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1905,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP8649","2019LP3251","2019LP2944","2019LV2035","2019LV6027","2019LX0400","2019LW3665","2019LV9896","2019MA1592"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-10","recordCreationDate":"1998-06-22","availableToBook":false}}