Not currently on display at the V&A

Tile

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Landscape with three houses with two sailing boats and birds within a circular border with floral motifs at each corner of the tile, Blue. Body: Buff, fine-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Concave.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Delftware tile, landscape with houses and boats, Liverpool, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Decoration: Landscape with three houses with two sailing boats and birds within a circular border with floral motifs at each corner of the tile, Blue. Body: Buff, fine-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Concave.
Dimensions
  • Height: 126mm
  • Width: 126mm
  • Thickness: 9mm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Mr R. J. Charleston, through the executors of Mr L. L. Lipski
Object history
Mr L.L. Lipski, London. Given by Mr R.J. Charleston through the executors of Mr L.L. Lipski.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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. 454-5. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
N.140 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.119D-1981

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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