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

Plate

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flowers, a flying insect and leaves with sgraffito decoration. The well has alternating panels of diaper and sgraffito ornament. All the decoration is in blue The border has bianco-sopra-bianco flowers and leaves.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling and dribbling on the back.
Shape: Shape M with scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Floral
Physical description
Flowers, a flying insect and leaves with sgraffito decoration. The well has alternating panels of diaper and sgraffito ornament. All the decoration is in blue The border has bianco-sopra-bianco flowers and leaves.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling and dribbling on the back.
Shape: Shape M with scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Credit line
Given by Mr E. Hailstone
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
B84. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
2943-1853

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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