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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

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Decoration: Landscape. Blue and a bianco-sopra-bianco border. Body: Buff, fine-grained. Glaze: Lavender Surface: Flat.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tiles
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware.
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Brief description
Delftware tile, buildings, Liverpool, ca. 1760-70.
Physical description
Decoration: Landscape. Blue and a bianco-sopra-bianco border. Body: Buff, fine-grained. Glaze: Lavender Surface: Flat.
Dimensions
  • Width: 128mm
  • Thickness: 6mm
Object history
Edkins, Bristol. Hodgkin collection. Bought by Mr L.L. Lipski from Elson, Bristol, February 1951.
Subjects depicted
Buildings
Houses
Spire
Trees
Fences
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. 461. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Ray Tiles, No: 260. Ray 1982, p.156.
Other number
N.167 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.117E-1981

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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