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Drinking Vessel

1676 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Drinking vessel in the form of a seated cat. The fur painted in alternate horizontal bands in blue and manganese-purple; the ears and the backward projection of the base coloured greenish turquoise-blue. On the chest in a heart-shaped cartouche inscribed with the initials "LTM" and date '1676'. Buff earthenware body with white tin glaze, outer part of base wiped entirely clean of glaze. An opening at top with a hollow interior. Press-moulded in two parts with a base inserted. Concave on underside.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Drinking vessel
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Delftware. Drinking vessel in the form of a cat with painted stripes and an inscription, tin-glazed earthenware, England, 1676.
Physical description
Drinking vessel in the form of a seated cat. The fur painted in alternate horizontal bands in blue and manganese-purple; the ears and the backward projection of the base coloured greenish turquoise-blue. On the chest in a heart-shaped cartouche inscribed with the initials "LTM" and date '1676'. Buff earthenware body with white tin glaze, outer part of base wiped entirely clean of glaze. An opening at top with a hollow interior. Press-moulded in two parts with a base inserted. Concave on underside.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 16.4cm
  • Depth: 8.4cm
  • Width: 7.1cm
Height: 6 3/8 ins Width: 3 5/16 ins
Marks and inscriptions
'L / T M / 1676' within a heart-shaped cartouche (Painted on the chest)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
H. Willett. Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885. Purchased by her from Button, London, October or November, 1884.
Subject depicted
Cat
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lady Schreiber, No: 821.
  • Hodgkin, No: 343.
  • Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 1.
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 1008.
Other numbers
  • D1. - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 5 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:821-1885

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Record createdJune 17, 1999
Record URL
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