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Dish
Wincanton pottery - Enlarge image
Dish
- Place of origin:
Wincanton, England (probably, made)
London, England (possibly, made) - Date:
ca. 1740-1750 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wincanton pottery (probably, manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
- Museum number:
C.65-1967
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 3, shelf 2
Physical description
Two figures in a landscape with sponged trees and a building in manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white, pooling and dribbling on the flange on the back and much crazed. A few pin-holes back and front.
Shape: Shape E with shorter well and slightly steeper flange. Two holes, 3 cms apart, pierced through the foot-rim before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Place of Origin
Wincanton, England (probably, made)
London, England (possibly, made)
Date
ca. 1740-1750 (made)
Artist/maker
Wincanton pottery (probably, manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.7 cm
Object history note
Purchased from Mr Erling Schroeder, Copenhagen, 1967.
Descriptive line
Figures in a landscape
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
Exhibition History
Unknown (Rijksmuseum)
Production Note
Probably Wincanton or may be London
Materials
Earthenware; Tin glaze
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Figures; Landscape
Categories
Ceramics; Delftware
Collection code
CER
