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

Plate

ca. 1694 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with half length portraits of William III and Mary II, inscribed W M R in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, slightly crazed.
Shape: Shape J with narrower flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Royalty
SCRAN
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue with bust portrait of William III, Mary II and an inscription, London, ca. 1694
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with half length portraits of William III and Mary II, inscribed W M R in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, slightly crazed.
Shape: Shape J with narrower flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W M R' (Inscribed in blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted
William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Prince of Orange)
Queen Mary II
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. 1871, Y. 40. M.P.G. 1876, Y.47. B. Rackham, 'The virtues of English Pottery', E.C.C. Trans: Vol. 2, No: 7, 1939, p.107, Pl: XXXVIc.
Other number
B3. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3873-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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