Drainer
ca. 1780-1790 (made)
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Flowers, a tree and an oriental pavilion in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the underside. One peg-mark apparent on rim of underside.
Shape: Concave on underside. One larger circular hole, thirty six medium sized holes and forty four small ones arranged in four groups of nine and two of four. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the underside. One peg-mark apparent on rim of underside.
Shape: Concave on underside. One larger circular hole, thirty six medium sized holes and forty four small ones arranged in four groups of nine and two of four. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue |
| Brief description | Delftware drainer, with painted decoration of flowers and an oriental pavilion, London (possibly Lambeth), ca. 1780-1790. |
| Physical description | Flowers, a tree and an oriental pavilion in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the underside. One peg-mark apparent on rim of underside. Shape: Concave on underside. One larger circular hole, thirty six medium sized holes and forty four small ones arranged in four groups of nine and two of four. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge |
| Object history | Venners, Cambridge. Purchased by Mr Robert Hirsch, Cambridge, February 1981. Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge, 1991. |
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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 | F65. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.113-1991 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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