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

Plate

ca. 1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A cock, hen and chick with rock and flowering plant and three floral sprays on the border in yellow, orange, green, black, blue and manganese-purple. The back has three herbal sprigs on the flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Many small dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Chicken family and flowers
Physical description
A cock, hen and chick with rock and flowering plant and three floral sprays on the border in yellow, orange, green, black, blue and manganese-purple. The back has three herbal sprigs on the flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Many small dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.6cm
Credit line
Given by Mr and Mrs R. J. Norman, West Horsley, Surrey
Subjects 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
B165. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.71-1986

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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