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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. 1700-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Decoration: A couple watching a performance on a stage. Blue.
Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Uneven.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Earthenware
Ceramics
Tiles
SCRAN
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, London, c.1700-25
Physical description
Decoration: A couple watching a performance on a stage. Blue.
Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front.
Surface: Uneven.
Dimensions
  • Width: 128mm
  • Thickness: 8mm
Subjects depicted
Performance
Stage
Figures
Trees
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
  • Jonathon Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, London, 1989, No: 66 (illustrated).
  • Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, London, 1973, p.62
Other number
N.53 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.89-1992

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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