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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

Bowl

ca. 1755-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Temple Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Temple Back (made)
Redcliff Back (made)

Punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels on a mottled ground. The interior has the inscription 'One Bowle / More & Then'. The exterior and the whole of the underside within the foot is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of four reserved panels of flowers in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Enamels
Painted
Brief description
Punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, probably Temple Back pottery or possibly Redcliff Back pottery, Temple Back or Redcliff Back, ca. 1755-1760.
Physical description
Punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels on a mottled ground. The interior has the inscription 'One Bowle / More & Then'. The exterior and the whole of the underside within the foot is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of four reserved panels of flowers in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 25.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
One Bowle / More & Then (In blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology between 1871 and 1876. Transferred, 1901.
Subject depicted
Flowers
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
  • M.P.G. 1876, S.16.
Other number
B76. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3622-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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