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

Bowl

ca. 1740-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior has five flower sprays in blue. The exterior is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of four reserved panels of flower sprays in blue.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling slightly and finely crazed. Many small white dots appear in the glaze of the reserved panels on the exterior of the bowl.
Shape: Buff. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Flowers
Physical description
The interior has five flower sprays in blue. The exterior is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of four reserved panels of flower sprays in blue.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling slightly and finely crazed. Many small white dots appear in the glaze of the reserved panels on the exterior of the bowl.
Shape: Buff. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2cm
  • Diameter: 26.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D. B. Simpson, Slindon, Sussex
Subject 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
B52 - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.59-1977

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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