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

Bowl

ca. 1735-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior has leaves and grapes and the exterior has a squirrel [?], leaves and grapes ('rat and vine') in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, pooling and much crazed. The rim has three peg-marks.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Delftware bowl, with stylised decoration, depicting leaves, and what might be a squirrel and grapes, Bristol or London, ca. 1735-1745.
Physical description
The interior has leaves and grapes and the exterior has a squirrel [?], leaves and grapes ('rat and vine') in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, pooling and much crazed. The rim has three peg-marks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Diameter: 27.1cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D. B. Simpson
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss D.B. Simpson, Slindon, Sussex, 1977.
Subject 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
F25. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.53-1977

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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