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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, boxes containing scrolls and books, pomegranates, a bowl of fruit and flowers in red, yellow, manganese-purple, dull green and blue. The back has three edge-ribbons on the well in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish.
Shape: Shape M. Three ribbons in blue on the sides of the well. (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
A vase, boxes, fruit and flowers
Physical description
Vase, boxes containing scrolls and books, pomegranates, a bowl of fruit and flowers in red, yellow, manganese-purple, dull green and blue. The back has three edge-ribbons on the well in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish.
Shape: Shape M. Three ribbons in blue on the sides of the well. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
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
B157. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.654-1931

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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