Dish
ca. 1680-1685 (made)
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A bust portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza wearing a small hat surrounded by a border of loops and pendant tassels in blue and manganese-purple. Three stilt marks on the front (8 cms point to point).
Body colour: Dark buff.
Glaze: Shiny white with slightly pink and grey areas on the front. A lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back with the exception of a small area within the foot-rim, which is entirely clean of glaze. The lead-glaze appears to cover a large area around the rim and a dribble on the body of tin-glaze. A large area of pitted and blackened glaze shows signs of localised over-firing.
Shape: Shape C with a much lower foot-rim which is pierced with a single hole. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Dark buff.
Glaze: Shiny white with slightly pink and grey areas on the front. A lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back with the exception of a small area within the foot-rim, which is entirely clean of glaze. The lead-glaze appears to cover a large area around the rim and a dribble on the body of tin-glaze. A large area of pitted and blackened glaze shows signs of localised over-firing.
Shape: Shape C with a much lower foot-rim which is pierced with a single hole. (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 |
| Brief description | Catherine of Braganza |
| Physical description | A bust portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza wearing a small hat surrounded by a border of loops and pendant tassels in blue and manganese-purple. Three stilt marks on the front (8 cms point to point). Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Shiny white with slightly pink and grey areas on the front. A lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back with the exception of a small area within the foot-rim, which is entirely clean of glaze. The lead-glaze appears to cover a large area around the rim and a dribble on the body of tin-glaze. A large area of pitted and blackened glaze shows signs of localised over-firing. Shape: Shape C with a much lower foot-rim which is pierced with a single hole. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Alfred Williams Hearn Bequest |
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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 | A5. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.85-1931 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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