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

Plate

1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Temple Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Cantle, Thomas (producer)
Place of origin
Temple Back (made)

Promontories and an island with Chinese figures, a house, trees and shrubs with sea between in blue. In the middle of the back is the inscription Mary Harvey/1750. The rim is in yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Plate decorated with a depiction of a coastal landscape and an inscription
Physical description
Promontories and an island with Chinese figures, a house, trees and shrubs with sea between in blue. In the middle of the back is the inscription Mary Harvey/1750. The rim is in yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.4cm
Diameter: D. 20.4 cms (8 ins)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on back: Mary Harvey/1750. (Back)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Greg
Object history
Given by Mrs M.H. Greg, Kensington, 1928.
Production
Bristol. (probably Temple Back, Thomas Cantle)
Subjects depicted
Island
Sea
House
Tree
Figures
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 542.A.
Other number
B219. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.17-1928

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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