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

Bowl

1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slop bowl of lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration. Moulded in relief with a wickerwork pattern and bunches of fruit.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration and moulded
Brief description
Slop bowl, lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration, made in Staffordshire, 1770-1780.
Physical description
Slop bowl of lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration. Moulded in relief with a wickerwork pattern and bunches of fruit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (in underglaze purple)
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Staffordshire, about 1765-70 Mark: a cross in underglaze purple Lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration 2274-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of the Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Associated object
C.273-1915 (Design)
Bibliographic reference
Barker, David. William Greatbatch, a Staffordshire Potter, Jonathan Horne, London, 1990. See Plate XXVI for a teapot with similar 'fruit basket' pattern, together with an unfired teapot body of the same design, excavated on the Greatbatch pottery site, both in the collection of the City Museum & Art Gallery (now The Potteries Museum), Stoke-on-Trent. This pattern is discussed pp 241-244, where sugar bowl C273-1915 is illustrated.
Collection
Accession number
2274-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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