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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

Dish

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A spray of flowers with floral decoration on the flange in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling slightly with many pin-holes on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Flowers
Physical description
A spray of flowers with floral decoration on the flange in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling slightly with many pin-holes on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.4cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1923.
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
  • B. Rackham, 'The Virtues of English Pottery', E.C.C. Trans, Vol: 2, No: 7, 1939, p.107, Pl: XXXVI.d.
Other number
B166. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.687-1923

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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