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

Colander Bowl

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior has leaves and geometric decoration. The exterior has leafy branches and a flying insect. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly at the rim, where three peg-marks are visible.
Shape: One larger circular hole and forty-six smaller ones. A rectangluar aperture below the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Brief description
Delftware colander bowl, foliate and geometric decoration, London, possibly Lambeth, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
The interior has leaves and geometric decoration. The exterior has leafy branches and a flying insect. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly at the rim, where three peg-marks are visible.
Shape: One larger circular hole and forty-six smaller ones. A rectangluar aperture below the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.3cm
  • Diameter: 23cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr T. Charbonnier, Bristol, 1921.
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
F58. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.654-1921

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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