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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tile

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

Decoration: Flower-vase. Blue.
Body: Buff, fine-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Concave.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Tiles
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
C
Physical description
Decoration: Flower-vase. Blue.
Body: Buff, fine-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Concave.
Dimensions
  • Width: 124mm
  • Thickness: 9mm
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted
Vase
Flowers
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, No: 515 (illustrated).
Other number
N.284 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.30-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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