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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

Dish

ca.1695-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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)


Object details

Categories
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)
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 35cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr A.E. Perry, South Kensington, 1929.
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
A37. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.372-1929

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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