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ca. 1680-1695 (made)
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Posset pot, decorated with paintings of Chinese figures in oriental landscape in blue. The body colour is buff, and the glaze a bluish white, lightly crazed. Glaze on foot-rim worn away. It has a low recessed foot, handles flat on inside, rounded on exterior. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Posset pot, decorated with Chinese figures in oriental landscapes, possibly London, Brislington or Bristol, ca. 1680-1695. |
| Physical description | Posset pot, decorated with paintings of Chinese figures in oriental landscape in blue. The body colour is buff, and the glaze a bluish white, lightly crazed. Glaze on foot-rim worn away. It has a low recessed foot, handles flat on inside, rounded on exterior. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr E. H. Lane, in memory of Mrs Ada Lane and Mrs R. Mills Lane |
| Object history | Given by Mr E.H. Lane in memory of Mrs Ada Lane and Mrs R Mills Lane, Chelsea, 1928. |
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| 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 | D13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.46-1928 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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