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Plate

1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Entwined flowering branches with floral sprays on the border in yellow, red, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has two herbal sprigs on the flange and has the inscription B/H M/1754 in the centre within the foot-rim in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Shape L. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Entwined flowers, floral sprays and an inscription
Physical description
Entwined flowering branches with floral sprays on the border in yellow, red, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has two herbal sprigs on the flange and has the inscription B/H M/1754 in the centre within the foot-rim in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Shape L. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on back: B/H M/1754. (Back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Subject depicted
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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 586.A.
Other number
B146. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.93-1965

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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