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

Dish

1689-ca. 1705 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware. Decorated with King William III seated on a rearing horse wearing an ermine lined robe with crown and sceptre flanked by sponged trees inscribed KW, in blue, ochre and manganese-purple. Blue dashes and a yellow line at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (8/8.3 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. A mixture of lead and dull bluish tin-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot and areas of whiter tin-glaze at the rim over a pale slip covers the entire back. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

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Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with William III and an inscription, probably London, 1689-ca. 1705
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware. Decorated with King William III seated on a rearing horse wearing an ermine lined robe with crown and sceptre flanked by sponged trees inscribed KW, in blue, ochre and manganese-purple. Blue dashes and a yellow line at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (8/8.3 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. A mixture of lead and dull bluish tin-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot and areas of whiter tin-glaze at the rim over a pale slip covers the entire back. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Diameter: 33.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'KW' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Purchased from M. Wareham by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871, probably in 1863. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted
Trees
William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Prince of Orange)
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
  • M.P.G. 1871, Y. 38. M.P.G. 1876, Y. 45. Church, p.46, Fig: 36. Downman, Fig. on p.66.
  • Kirk, Neil, Parliament and the Glorious Revolution, 1688-1988, London, HMSO, 1988
Other number
A9. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3871-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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