Drainer
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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A sun-burst and daisy-like flower-heads, each with six petals in blue. Near the central hole in the underside is the numeral 3 in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly on the underside. The rim on the underside wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave at the edge on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger central hole and forty four smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly on the underside. The rim on the underside wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Concave at the edge on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger central hole and forty four smaller ones. (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, painted decoration of a sun-burst and flower-heads, probably Dublin or Liverpool, ca. 1755-1760. |
| Physical description | A sun-burst and daisy-like flower-heads, each with six petals in blue. Near the central hole in the underside is the numeral 3 in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly on the underside. The rim on the underside wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Concave at the edge on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger central hole and forty four smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '3' (underside, near central hole.; painted) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge |
| Object history | Mr L.L. Lipski, London. Sothebys. 17:11:1981. Lot 280. Mr Robert Hirsch, Cambridge, 1981. Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, 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 | F61. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.114-1991 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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