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

Tile

1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A stoneware tile painted with blue and brown decoration, in an oatmeal glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, painted decoration in brown and blue in an oatmeal glaze
Brief description
Tile, stoneware, made by Bernard Leach, 1926
Physical description
A stoneware tile painted with blue and brown decoration, in an oatmeal glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
  • Whole panel length: 30.5cm
  • Whole panel depth: 2.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BL' in monogram (Makers's mark; painted)
  • 'SI' in monogram (Makers's mark; painted)
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Object history
Acquisition details: given by the BIIA (gift of the potter in 1927)
Production
Pottery: Leach Pottery, St Ives
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
C.404-1934

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2000
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