Flower Holder
ca. 1760-1765 (made)
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Flower holder of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The long sides have two men with a dog and a man riding , also with a dog. The short sides have ducks swimming with a tree and a wind-mill and three ships sailing, also with a tree. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. A scar near the centre of the underside may be connected with the firing.
Shape: Twenty one round holes in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. A scar near the centre of the underside may be connected with the firing.
Shape: Twenty one round holes in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Flower holder of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably London, ca. 1760-1765 |
Physical description | Flower holder of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The long sides have two men with a dog and a man riding , also with a dog. The short sides have ducks swimming with a tree and a wind-mill and three ships sailing, also with a tree. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. A scar near the centre of the underside may be connected with the firing. Shape: Twenty one round holes in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
Object history | Mr L. Gautier, London. |
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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 | I13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | CIRC.33-1963 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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