Dish

Physical description

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware. A central rose with geometric decoration and a border of alternating schematic 'Conch Shells', chrysanthenums and tassel-like ornament painted in blue. Three stilt marks on the front (11 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White. Thick greenish streaky lead-glaze over a pale slip covers the entire back. Foot-rim has probably been partially wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Place of Origin

Southwark, England (possibly, made)
Rotherhithe, England (possibly, made)

Date

ca. 1630-1640 (made)

Artist/maker

Rotherhithe pottery (possibly, manufacturers)

Materials and Techniques

Tin-glazed earthenware, painted

Dimensions

Height: 6 cm, Diameter: 31.8 cm

Object history note

Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901.

Descriptive line

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated in blue with geometric and oriental motifs, London (Southwark or Rotherhithe), ca. 1630-1640

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

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
M.P.G. 1871, Y. 26. M.P.G. 1876, Y. 32. Hume, p. 45 and Pl: 45.

Materials

Earthenware; Tin glaze

Techniques

Painted; Glazed

Subjects depicted

Geometric patterns

Categories

Ceramics; Delftware

Collection code

CER