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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

Tile

1725-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bristol (made)

Decoration: Figure in landscape. Blue and powdered manganese-purple.
Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Glaze: Traces of glaze on back.
Surface: Concave.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Tiles
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
C
Physical description
Decoration: Figure in landscape. Blue and powdered manganese-purple.
Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Glaze: Traces of glaze on back.
Surface: Concave.
Dimensions
  • Width: 127mm
  • Thickness: 10mm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1924.
Subjects depicted
Snail
Floral Patterns
Fence
Figures (Representations)
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Ray Tiles, Nos: 110-111.
Other number
N.83 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.954-1924

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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