Arion on the dolphin

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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bristol (made) London (made)

Arion seated on a dolphin playing a harp in a coastal landscape with sailing ships and sponged trees in manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back with numerous pin-holes.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

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Categories	Delftware Ceramics SCRAN
Object type	Plate
Title	Arion on the dolphin (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware, painted Earthenware Tin Glaze Glazed Painted
Brief description	Arion on the dolphin
Physical description	Arion seated on a dolphin playing a harp in a coastal landscape with sailing ships and sponged trees in manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back with numerous pin-holes. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions	Diameter: 19.5cm
Credit line	Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted	Dolphin (Animal) Trees Seas Arion
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	B224. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.80-1963

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21435/arion-on-the-dolphin-plate-unknown/

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