Drainer
ca. 1774-1791 (made)
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A star at the centre and geometric decoration in two concentric bands in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the underside and much crazed.
Shape: Concave at the edges on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger circular hole, fifteen round, thirteen quatrefoil, ten heart-shaped and eight square smaller ones. Three peg-marks at the rim of the underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the underside and much crazed.
Shape: Concave at the edges on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger circular hole, fifteen round, thirteen quatrefoil, ten heart-shaped and eight square smaller ones. Three peg-marks at the rim of the underside. (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 geometric decoration, produced at Lambeth High Street, Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith in partnership, by John Brayne [?]. |
| Physical description | A star at the centre and geometric decoration in two concentric bands in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the underside and much crazed. Shape: Concave at the edges on the underside and flat across the middle. One larger circular hole, fifteen round, thirteen quatrefoil, ten heart-shaped and eight square smaller ones. Three peg-marks at the rim of the underside. (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 | Professor F.H. Garner, Birmingham. Sothebys. 1:6:1965. Lot 73. Moorwood Collection, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Hon. Mrs P.A. Robinson). Sothebys. 15:5:1979. Lot. 47. Exhibited: Mr Robert Hirsch, Cambridge, 1979. Given by Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge, 1991. |
| Production | Produced by John Brayne, Lambeth High Street, Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith in partnership. |
| 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 | F64. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.116-1991 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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