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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. 1725-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The inside has a flower spray and alternating leaves and crosses. The exterior has a cockerel, a beaker and a basket containing flowers, repeated once, in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white. One possible peg-mark on the rim. Many small white dots in the glaze particularly visible on painted areas.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Delfware bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably London, ca. 1725-1735.
Physical description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The inside has a flower spray and alternating leaves and crosses. The exterior has a cockerel, a beaker and a basket containing flowers, repeated once, in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white. One possible peg-mark on the rim. Many small white dots in the glaze particularly visible on painted areas.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Diameter: 22.7cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1924.
Subjects 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
F13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.945-1924

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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