Dish
1638 (made)
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Object Type
This is an entirely typical delftware dish made as a presentation piece, probably for a citizen (and perhaps a tradesman) of the City of London. Such dishes were used mainly as display objects, which often ensured their survival in as-new condition.
People
Rarely can delftware be attributed to individual potters or painters. In this case, however, the distinctive drawing style can be linked to other surviving dishes, one of which bears the initials 'RI' on the back which have plausibly been identified with Richard Irons, a Southwark potter who was buried in 1664. During the 17th Century, Southwark was both the centre of the London delftware industry and an enclave of Dutch craftsmen in general. It is not known, however, which of the two major potteries (Pickleherring or Montague Close) Richard Irons may have worked for.
Design & Designing
Dutch prints were usually chosen as sources of decoration by the Dutch potting fraternity in Southwark. This particular print, which must originally have formed part of a set of the Five Senses, has not yet been identified.
This is an entirely typical delftware dish made as a presentation piece, probably for a citizen (and perhaps a tradesman) of the City of London. Such dishes were used mainly as display objects, which often ensured their survival in as-new condition.
People
Rarely can delftware be attributed to individual potters or painters. In this case, however, the distinctive drawing style can be linked to other surviving dishes, one of which bears the initials 'RI' on the back which have plausibly been identified with Richard Irons, a Southwark potter who was buried in 1664. During the 17th Century, Southwark was both the centre of the London delftware industry and an enclave of Dutch craftsmen in general. It is not known, however, which of the two major potteries (Pickleherring or Montague Close) Richard Irons may have worked for.
Design & Designing
Dutch prints were usually chosen as sources of decoration by the Dutch potting fraternity in Southwark. This particular print, which must originally have formed part of a set of the Five Senses, has not yet been identified.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) |
| Brief description | The 'Sense of Hearing' and an inscription |
| Physical description | An elaborately dressed female figure, emblematic of 'Hearing', seated in a landscape playing a lute with a recumbent stag beside her in green, pale yellow, blue, dark ochre and manganese-purple inscribed I C/ 1638. Three stilt marks on the front (9 cms point to point). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Dull white. A fine shiny greenish lead-glaze over a pale slip covers the entire back except the foot and an area within the foot-rim. Some small pale splashes of manganese-purple. The foot-rim has ben wiped entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Shape A with a less everted rim and a shallow groove inside the rim. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed I C/ 1638. |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
THE FIVE SENSES The Five Senses of Hearing, Sight, Touch, Taste and Smell were popular subjects throughout the 17th century. They are found on a wide variety of objects of varying quality. Artists and makers usually depicted them as people involved in appropriate activities. On the ceramic dish is Hearing, the embroidered panel for a casket portrays Taste and all Five Senses are shown on the lining paper for a trunk.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr J. Thorpe, Windlesham, Surrey, 1973. Possibly made in London by Richard Irons at the Southwark, Pickleherring or Montague Close Pottery |
| Production | Pickleherring Pottery or Montague Close. Dated 1638 |
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| Summary | Object Type This is an entirely typical delftware dish made as a presentation piece, probably for a citizen (and perhaps a tradesman) of the City of London. Such dishes were used mainly as display objects, which often ensured their survival in as-new condition. People Rarely can delftware be attributed to individual potters or painters. In this case, however, the distinctive drawing style can be linked to other surviving dishes, one of which bears the initials 'RI' on the back which have plausibly been identified with Richard Irons, a Southwark potter who was buried in 1664. During the 17th Century, Southwark was both the centre of the London delftware industry and an enclave of Dutch craftsmen in general. It is not known, however, which of the two major potteries (Pickleherring or Montague Close) Richard Irons may have worked for. Design & Designing Dutch prints were usually chosen as sources of decoration by the Dutch potting fraternity in Southwark. This particular print, which must originally have formed part of a set of the Five Senses, has not yet been identified. |
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| Other number | A54. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.56-1973 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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