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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

Dish

1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A fair-ground scene and the date 1760 in the centre of the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling and dribbling on the back with many pin-holes.
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
Brief description
A fair-ground scene and a date
Physical description
A fair-ground scene and the date 1760 in the centre of the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling and dribbling on the back with many pin-holes.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed on back; 1760. (Back)
  • 1760
Credit line
Given by Dr A. Brown
Subject depicted
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: 610.
Other number
B252. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
2944-1853

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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