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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

Cup

ca. 1680-1695 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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)
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8cm
  • Diameter: 14.2cm
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.
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
D13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.46-1928

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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