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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. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Punch bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The interior has a cartouche enclosing the inscription 'Fill ye Bowl & never start/here's to the Jack with all my hart' in blue. The exterior has a fence with flowers and a spray of flowers in yellow, red, green, blue and manganese purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Delftware bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, Liverpool, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Punch bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The interior has a cartouche enclosing the inscription 'Fill ye Bowl & never start/here's to the Jack with all my hart' in blue. The exterior has a fence with flowers and a spray of flowers in yellow, red, green, blue and manganese purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Diameter: 29.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Fill ye Bowl & never start/here's to the Jack with all my hart' (Decoration; interior at base.; painted)
Credit line
Given by Brigadier General Gilbert Mellor CB, CMG, KC, through Art Fund
Object history
Purchased from Mr Stuart G. Davis by Brig. Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor, C.B., C.M.G., K.C. Given by him through the National Art Collections Fund, 1921.
Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 148.
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
F38. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.1898-1921

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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