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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Dish

ca. 1753-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Delamain, Henry (producer (three-dimensional arts))
Delamain, Mary (producer (three-dimensional arts))
Place of origin
Dublin (City) (made)

Ireland was well supplied with delftware from Liverpool. But in the 1750s Henry Delamain hoped to make a success of his new pottery at Dublin. Despite his revolutionary technique of firing with coal instead of wood, the pottery survived only seven years. It left behind rare, delicately painted tablewares.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Landscape, swags and a numeral 3, Ireland, ca. 1753-1760.
Physical description
A landscape with figures, trees and buildings. The border has four similar groups of leaf fronds and swags. On the back of the flange is the number 3. All the decoration is in manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white, very uneven with pools and dribbles and areas unglazed on the back.
Shape: Shape J with deeper more vertical well and a flat, much wider flange. Flat back without foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Length: 37.9cm
Length: 14 15/16 ins Width: W. 29.1 cms (11 1/2ins)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on back of flange: 3. (Back)
Credit line
Given by Brig. Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor
Object history
Given by Brig. Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., K.G., London, 1928.
Summary
Ireland was well supplied with delftware from Liverpool. But in the 1750s Henry Delamain hoped to make a success of his new pottery at Dublin. Despite his revolutionary technique of firing with coal instead of wood, the pottery survived only seven years. It left behind rare, delicately painted tablewares.
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
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
Other number
B239. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.4-1928

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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