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

Plate

ca. 1770-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A flower spray within a well with geometric and foliate decoration and a border with further flower sprays in blue, green, yellow and red. The rim is in red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling at the rim on the back.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Plate decorated with flowers and geometric patterns.
Physical description
A flower spray within a well with geometric and foliate decoration and a border with further flower sprays in blue, green, yellow and red. The rim is in red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling at the rim on the back.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.1cm
Diameter: D. 23.1 cms (9 1/8 ins)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Mellor Bequest, 1947.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street, Abigail Griffith before and during her partnership with Thomas Morgan
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
B179. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.98-1947

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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