Tureen Stand
ca. 1745-1765 (made)
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In the centre a bowl filled with flowers and clockwise on the border starting at the top; rhinoceros horn cups with ribbons; a pair of clappers with ribbons; a scroll painting with ribbons; these three emblems are then repeated in the same order. Some of these form part of the 'Eight Taoist Emblems' and the 'Eight Precious Things'. The back has a mark in the centre and two herbal sprigs on the flange and well. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the front edge and very lumpy on the back, which has four peg-marks on the rim.
Shape: Shape E with shorter well. Press-moulded. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the front edge and very lumpy on the back, which has four peg-marks on the rim.
Shape: Shape E with shorter well. Press-moulded. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue |
| Brief description | Delftware tureen stand, with painted decoration depicting a bowl of flowers and oriental emblems, Liverpool or Dublin, ca. 1745-1765. |
| Physical description | In the centre a bowl filled with flowers and clockwise on the border starting at the top; rhinoceros horn cups with ribbons; a pair of clappers with ribbons; a scroll painting with ribbons; these three emblems are then repeated in the same order. Some of these form part of the 'Eight Taoist Emblems' and the 'Eight Precious Things'. The back has a mark in the centre and two herbal sprigs on the flange and well. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the front edge and very lumpy on the back, which has four peg-marks on the rim. Shape: Shape E with shorter well. Press-moulded. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Miss M.J. Boast, London, 1983. |
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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 | G22. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.247-1983 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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