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

Flower-Brick

ca. 1735-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bristol (made)

The sides have floral sprays flanked by panels of diaper ornament and a band of geometric pattern above. The ends have similar sprays. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White.
Shape: One square hole and twelve round ones in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Flower-brick
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Floral and geometric
Physical description
The sides have floral sprays flanked by panels of diaper ornament and a band of geometric pattern above. The ends have similar sprays. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White.
Shape: One square hole and twelve round ones in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.1cm
  • Length: 16cm
  • Width: 6.8cm
Height: Ht. 9.1 cms (3 9/16 ins).() Length: L. 16 cms (6 1/4 ins).() Width: W. 6.8 cms (2 11/16 ins)
Object history
Purchased from Mr T. Charbonnier, Bristol, 1921.
Subjects depicted
Flower
Diaper
Geometric Patterns
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. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
I8. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.651-1921

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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