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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

Bowl

ca. 1770-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior is painted with a floral spray and two concentric rings of formal decoration. The exterior is painted with two floral sprays. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in brown or possibly manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, lumpy on the interior and much crazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Delftware bowl, floral decoration, Abigail Griffith, Lambeth High Street, London, ca. 1770-1785.
Physical description
The interior is painted with a floral spray and two concentric rings of formal decoration. The exterior is painted with two floral sprays. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in brown or possibly manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, lumpy on the interior and much crazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr A. E. Seawell
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr A.E. Seawell, Farnham, Surrey, 1917.
Production
Produced by Abigail Griffith before and/or during her partnership with Thomas Morgan.
Subject 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
F47. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.45-1917

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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