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

Tile

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware tile with central green flower head, a partial green flower head at each corner. The body is buff and fine-grained. Greenish glaze with traces of glaze on the back. The surface is concave.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware with decoration of painted green flower heads. England, Liverpool, about 1770-1780
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with central green flower head, a partial green flower head at each corner. The body is buff and fine-grained. Greenish glaze with traces of glaze on the back. The surface is concave.
Dimensions
  • Width: 129mm
  • Thickness: 8mm
Credit line
Given by Mr R. J. Charleston, through the executors of Mr L. L. Lipski
Object history
Removed from a house in the Chester area. Bought by Mr L.L. Lipski from Mr E.S. Price, Liverpool. Given by Mr R.J. Charleston through the executors of Mr L.L. Lipski.
Subject 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. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • See number (C.131.C-1981).
Other number
N.414 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.131D-1981

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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