Pair of Royal Worcester landscape plaques by Harry Davis
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A pair of Royal Worcester landscape plaques by Harry Davis, both 1928, one featuring a shepherd with his flock, a hilltop ruin in the distance, the other featuring a resting flock and a shepherd, signed H. Davis lower right to both, in original giltwood frames, puce backstamps and date cyphers verso, plaque 10 x 15.5, frame 23 x 26.5 cm
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- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
- Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.
Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.
Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Davis, Harry - Royal Worcester artists 143
- plaques - ceramic, various makers 403
- Royal Worcester (England), item types