Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Drainer

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flowers, leaves, two flying insects and a butterfly in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish-blue,pooling on the underside. Three peg-marks at the rim of the underside.
Shape: One larger circular hole and ninety one smaller ones. A further small hole has not been pierced right through, showing the piercing was done from the back. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Brief description
Delftware drainer, painted decoration of flowers and an insect, probably Bristol, ca. 1760-1770.
Physical description
Flowers, leaves, two flying insects and a butterfly in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish-blue,pooling on the underside. Three peg-marks at the rim of the underside.
Shape: One larger circular hole and ninety one smaller ones. A further small hole has not been pierced right through, showing the piercing was done from the back. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.8cm
  • Width: 17.4cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge
Object history
Mr L.L. Lipski, London. Sothebys. 10:3:1981. Lot 152. Mr Robert Hirsch, Cambridge, 1981. Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge, 1991.
Subjects depicted
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
F62. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.115-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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