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Plate
Wincanton pottery - Enlarge image
Plate
- Place of origin:
Wincanton, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1740 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wincanton pottery (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
- Museum number:
C.73-1957
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 3, shelf 1
Physical description
The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of an octagonal reserved panel with a bowl of flowers in powdered manganese-purple and a border of alternating flower-sprays and diaper ornament in sgraffito.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling at the rim on the back.
Shape: Shape H. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Place of Origin
Wincanton, England (made)
Date
ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/maker
Wincanton pottery (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.8 cm
Object history note
Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1957.
Descriptive line
A bowl of flowers
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Materials
Earthenware; Tin glaze
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Diaper
Categories
Ceramics; Delftware
Collection code
CER
