Dish
ca.1695-1710 (made)
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Tulips, lilies, spiral buds and flat leaves grow from a low mound, painted in blue, green, red and yellow. Blue dashes and blue and yellow lines at the rim. A partial circle of glaze removed at the centre by the foot of the dish fired with it. Three stilt marks on the front (8.5/9 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A greyish tin-glaze which has dribbled and pooled over a pale slip covers almost the entire back. The foot-rim has been largely wiped clean of glaze. Back and front slightly crazed.
Shape: Shape A with more rounded well, a narrower, steeper flange and thicker, flatter foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A greyish tin-glaze which has dribbled and pooled over a pale slip covers almost the entire back. The foot-rim has been largely wiped clean of glaze. Back and front slightly crazed.
Shape: Shape A with more rounded well, a narrower, steeper flange and thicker, flatter foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
Brief description | Tulips and lilies |
Physical description | Tulips, lilies, spiral buds and flat leaves grow from a low mound, painted in blue, green, red and yellow. Blue dashes and blue and yellow lines at the rim. A partial circle of glaze removed at the centre by the foot of the dish fired with it. Three stilt marks on the front (8.5/9 cms point to point). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A greyish tin-glaze which has dribbled and pooled over a pale slip covers almost the entire back. The foot-rim has been largely wiped clean of glaze. Back and front slightly crazed. Shape: Shape A with more rounded well, a narrower, steeper flange and thicker, flatter foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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Object history | Purchased from Mr A.E. Perry, South Kensington, 1929. |
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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 | A37. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | CIRC.372-1929 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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