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1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barston, Ann (producer (three-dimensional arts))
Place of origin
Norfolk House (made)

A figure standing with upraised arm in a landscape with a building on the front and the date 1710 within the foot-rim on the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White.
Shape: Low foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Glazed
Brief description
Fragment of delftware, part of a saucer or small bowl?, painted with a figure in a landscape and a date, London (probably Ann Barston, Norfolk House, Lambeth), 1710.
Physical description
A figure standing with upraised arm in a landscape with a building on the front and the date 1710 within the foot-rim on the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White.
Shape: Low foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1710' (Date; back; painted)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Subjects depicted
Figures (Representations)
Landscapes (Representations)
Buildings
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 258.
Other number
F5. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.162B-1981

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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