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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1895 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of red earthenware, covered with a white slip and decorated in sgraffito; it is painted in shades of green and manganese-purple and finally glazed. Shallow; decorated on the inside with a quatrefoil device filled in with conventional floral and foliated ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with <i>sgraffito</i> and painted decoration
Brief description
Bowl, earthenware with sgraffito and painted decoration, made by Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, England, 1895
Physical description
Bowl of red earthenware, covered with a white slip and decorated in sgraffito; it is painted in shades of green and manganese-purple and finally glazed. Shallow; decorated on the inside with a quatrefoil device filled in with conventional floral and foliated ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.1cm
  • Diameter: 29.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A ship with the letter B on the sail, and the letters DR on either side, and '1895' (Maker's mark painted (underglaze) on base)
Gallery label
Bowl Decorated by B, made by Della Robbia Pottery, Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, dated 1895 211-1899(23/05/2008)
Object history
Della Robbia Pottery was established in Birkenhead, England in 1894. Founded by the painter, designer and poet Harold Steward Rathbone (1858-1929) and the sculptor Conrad Dressler (1856-1940).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
211-1899

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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