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Water bottle
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Water bottle
- Place of origin:
Liverpool, England (probably, made)
Dublin, Ireland (possibly, made) - Date:
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
- Museum number:
CIRC.416-1950
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 4, shelf 5
Physical description
A large rock-like form with holes, flowers, leaves with sgraffito decoration, a vase containing a peacock feather and a flowering branch with a band of geometric ornament below the mouth, perhaps representing repeated 'Cash' motifs, one of the 'Eight Precious Things', in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Place of Origin
Liverpool, England (probably, made)
Dublin, Ireland (possibly, made)
Date
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm, Diameter: 16.2 cm
Object history note
Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1950.
Descriptive line
Water bottle with depictions of a rock, flowers and a vase
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Materials
Earthenware; Tin glaze
Techniques
Glazed
Subjects depicted
Flower; Vase; Leaf; Geometric pattern; Peacock feather
Categories
Containers; Ceramics; Delftware
Collection code
CER
