Trial-Piece
1650-1675 (made)
| Place of origin |
Such trial-pieces were used by the potters to be taken out of the kiln towards the end of the glaze-firing, to see if the glaze had developed properly and the right temperature had been reached.
These trial-pieces were found at the site of a former canal which backed onto the premises of some of the Delft potteries.
These trial-pieces were found at the site of a former canal which backed onto the premises of some of the Delft potteries.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed and painted earthenware |
| Brief description | Trial-piece, pottery fragment with blue stripes on a white ground, used as a glaze trial-piece, Delft, 1650-1675 |
| Physical description | Trial-piece, light, reddish-buff earthenware fragment, covered with a white tin-glaze ground and with painted blue stripes on either side. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Given by A. and R. Schapers |
| Object history | Found in Delft, Holland (fill of old City Canal - 'Zuidpoort'), 2002. |
| Production | Manufacturing waste, found in Delft, Holland (fill of old City Canal - 'Zuidpoort'), 2002. |
| Summary | Such trial-pieces were used by the potters to be taken out of the kiln towards the end of the glaze-firing, to see if the glaze had developed properly and the right temperature had been reached. These trial-pieces were found at the site of a former canal which backed onto the premises of some of the Delft potteries. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.124-2012 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2013 |
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