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

Plate

ca. 1730-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A vase of flowers with two flying insects and geometric decoration in red and blue. The rim is in red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape C with deeper sides, lower foot and flat underside within foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Geometric and a vase of flowers
Physical description
A vase of flowers with two flying insects and geometric decoration in red and blue. The rim is in red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape C with deeper sides, lower foot and flat underside within foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1923.
Subjects depicted
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
B114. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.731-1923

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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