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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Dish

ca. 1750-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lead-glazed earthenware dish, marbled, with a white slip and incised decoration of a bird under a yellowish glaze. Saucer shaped with narrow flat rim. The bird has a long beak and spreading tail; on the rim, parallel wavy lines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, marbled, with slip and incised decoration
Brief description
Lead-glazed earthenware dish, marbled, with a white slip and incised decoration. English, Staffordshire, ca. 1750-1800
Physical description
Lead-glazed earthenware dish, marbled, with a white slip and incised decoration of a bird under a yellowish glaze. Saucer shaped with narrow flat rim. The bird has a long beak and spreading tail; on the rim, parallel wavy lines.
Gallery label
Dish Probably Made in Staffordshire, about 1750-1800 Lead-glazed earthenware, marbled, with a white slip and incised decoration C.46-1933 Given by Mr B P Allinson(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mr B. P. Allinson
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard, Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection, fig. 321 compare and no. 1878
  • Rackham, Bernard, "Staffordshire Slip Ware", ECC Transactions, no.3., 1935, p.68
Collection
Accession number
C.46-1933

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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