Open accessibilty tools

Ceramic plate: Decorative Art

This piece of Victorian decorative art is from the Museum of Hartlepool.  It is a glazed ceramic plate in the shape of a leaf.

 

plate in the shape of a leaf imprinted with the veins of a leaf
Try having a go at this activity

Printing

  • Collect some leaves from  your garden or when you ago out for a walk?
  • Apply a thin layer of paint to the skelton side of the leaf
  • Press the painted side of the leaf on to paper
  • Carefully peel off leaf

Why not experiment with different colours and different shaped leaves?

More objects from the same theme

Nahem Shoa sanding alongside Giant Head Ben at Hartlepool Art Gallery

Giant Head, Ben: Oil Painting

scene showing the opening of the stockton and darlington railway in 1825

Opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway : Watercolour

7 enamal hospital badges

Medals: Decorative Art

Saxon Jewellery: Decorative Art

Colonel Spence: Watercolour Painting

metal statue of Krishna

Krishna Statue: Sculpture

Lady: Sketch

Ralph Ward Jackson Bust: Sculpture 1881

Saxon Princess comic strip

Saxon Comic Strip: Drawing and Writing

The Dice Players: Oil Painting