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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in black enamel. The interior has a portrait of the King of Prussia below a wreath with a crown and the monogram PR. Within a rococo cartouche is the inscription 'King of Prussia / Elector of Brandenburg' and 'Sadler Liverpl Enl.' On either side are trophies of arms and flags inscribed Collin, Prague, Riesberg, Lewesberg, Rosbach, Neumark, Breslaw, Zoinegoff (?). The exterior has a battle scene, a spray of flowers, the siege of a city and a portait of General Wolfe. Within a rococo cartouche is the inscription 'Major General Wolfe'. On either side are trophies of arms and flags inscribed Lewisbourg and Quebec. Below the trophies are the words J. Sadler and Liverpool. All the decoration is in black transfer-printing. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in black enamel
Brief description
Delftware bowl, tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration in black, possibly Harrington Street pottery, Liverpool (John Sadler), ca. 1763.
Physical description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in black enamel. The interior has a portrait of the King of Prussia below a wreath with a crown and the monogram PR. Within a rococo cartouche is the inscription 'King of Prussia / Elector of Brandenburg' and 'Sadler Liverpl Enl.' On either side are trophies of arms and flags inscribed Collin, Prague, Riesberg, Lewesberg, Rosbach, Neumark, Breslaw, Zoinegoff (?). The exterior has a battle scene, a spray of flowers, the siege of a city and a portait of General Wolfe. Within a rococo cartouche is the inscription 'Major General Wolfe'. On either side are trophies of arms and flags inscribed Lewisbourg and Quebec. Below the trophies are the words J. Sadler and Liverpool. All the decoration is in black transfer-printing. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.3cm
  • Diameter: 23.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'King of Prussia / Elector of Brandenburg' (Decoration; interior, at bottom.; painted)
  • 'Major General Wolfe' (Decoration; exterior, on side of bowl, incorporated into decoration.; painted)
  • 'Sadler Liverpl Enl.' (Maker's identification; interior at bottom, incorporated into decoration.; painted)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
Previous owners: Mr Robert Drane, Cardiff. Mr H. Eccles. Albert Amor Ltd., London, 1922. Wallace Elliot Bequest, 1938.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Gray, Jonathan. Herbert Eccles: chemist, collector, connoisseur. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, 2011, vol. 22, pp. 149-172. Four views illustrated, fig. 23.
Other number
F40. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.52-1938

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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