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Dish
- Place of origin:
Southwark (probably, made)
- Date:
1697 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
3875-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery, case 2, shelf 4
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware. Press-moulded with a reclining naked female figure emblematic of 'Fecundity', with five naked cupids, one with a small dog over his shoulder. The left upper corner is painted with what appears to be a balustrade and a smoking chimney. The well is painted with classic Chinese derived scrolls alternating with flowers and is inscribed 'H/T T 1697'. The border is moulded with human masks and baskets of fruit alternating with circular and oval depressions painted with birds, flowers and insects. All the decoration is in blue.
Glaze: Bluish white on front and back with greenish areas on the back, which also has some blue smudges and a peg-like scar near the middle, perhaps connected with support during firing.
Place of Origin
Southwark (probably, made)
Date
1697 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Marks and inscriptions
'H/T T 1697'
Inscribed in blue
Dimensions
Length: 49.5 cm, Width: 41.5 cm
Object history note
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901.
Descriptive line
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with figures emblematic of 'Fecundity' and an inscription, London (probably Southwark), 1697
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
M.P.G. 1871, Y. 42. M.P.G. 1876, Y. 49. Lipski and Archer, No: 126.
Materials
Tin glaze; Earthenware
Techniques
Glazed; Painted
Subjects depicted
Birds; Masks; Baskets; Nude; Dog; Insects; Leaves; Flowers; Putti
Categories
Delftware; Ceramics
Collection
Ceramics Collection