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

Dish

ca. 1625-1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Geometric decoration in blue, yellow and ochre. Two (three?) stilt marks on the front (9.5 cms? point to point). Body colour: Reddish buff with dark red streaks. Glaze: Dull white. Slightly greenish lead-glaze with a few white spots over a pale slip covers the entire back. A short narrow strip near rim unglazed. The foot-rim may possibly have been partly 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)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly Rotherhithe pottery, Rotherhithe or Southwark, ca. 1625-1655
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Geometric decoration in blue, yellow and ochre. Two (three?) stilt marks on the front (9.5 cms? point to point). Body colour: Reddish buff with dark red streaks. Glaze: Dull white. Slightly greenish lead-glaze with a few white spots over a pale slip covers the entire back. A short narrow strip near rim unglazed. The foot-rim may possibly have been partly 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)
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 32.2cm
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Purchased by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., from Rev. E.A. Downman, Ilford, Essex. Given by him through the National Art Collections Fund, 1919.
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
  • Downman, Pl: on p.126.
Other number
A44. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.2-1919

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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