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

Tile

1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Delftware tile depicting a goatherd and his dog. Manganese-purple and pale blue on buff, coarse-grained body. Traces of glaze on the back. The surface is uneven.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Delftware tile, tin-glazed earthenware depicting a goatherd and his dog, manganese purple and pale blue on buff, Liverpool, 1750-70.
Physical description
Delftware tile depicting a goatherd and his dog. Manganese-purple and pale blue on buff, coarse-grained body. Traces of glaze on the back. The surface is uneven.
Dimensions
  • Width: 126mm
  • Thickness: 8mm
Credit line
Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss
Object history
Hodgkin collection. Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss, Charterhouse, Surrey, 1965.
Subjects depicted
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, p.464. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Ray Tiles, No: 183 (illustrated).
Other number
N.176 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.128C-1965

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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