Plate
ca. 1760 (made)
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Two vases containing flowers with flower sprays on the border in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The pigments appear watery and blotchy. The number 3 in blue in the centre of the back.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Very lumpy on the flange and well in a semicircle of about half the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Very lumpy on the flange and well in a semicircle of about half the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Vases of flowers and floral sprays and a numeral |
| Physical description | Two vases containing flowers with flower sprays on the border in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The pigments appear watery and blotchy. The number 3 in blue in the centre of the back. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Very lumpy on the flange and well in a semicircle of about half the back. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Back; 3 (Back) |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1950. |
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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 | B156. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.417-1950 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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