Wash-Basin
ca. 1770-1785 (made)
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Basin of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The interior has two birds standing beside a rock between flowering shrubs within a deep border of oriental scrolls, ribbons, butterflies, diaper and geometric decoration. The exterior has four flower sprays. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Reddish Buff. Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, inclined to pool and much crazed. Two prominent peg-marks under the rim. Foot-rim wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Prominent flange at rim turning over slightly. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Shape: Prominent flange at rim turning over slightly. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Delftware basin, tin-glazed earthenware, painted, London (possibly Lambeth), ca. 1770-1785. |
| Physical description | Basin of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The interior has two birds standing beside a rock between flowering shrubs within a deep border of oriental scrolls, ribbons, butterflies, diaper and geometric decoration. The exterior has four flower sprays. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Reddish Buff. Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, inclined to pool and much crazed. Two prominent peg-marks under the rim. Foot-rim wiped entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Prominent flange at rim turning over slightly. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs C. Hemming |
| Object history | Given by Mrs C. Hemming, Headcorn, Kent, 1939. |
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| 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 | F55. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.47-1939 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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