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

Bowl

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Norfolk House Pottery (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Norfolk House (made)

The interior has a classic oriental scroll motif and five groups of four dots. The exterior has a wide band below the rim of alternating foliate and geometric ornament with classic oriental scroll motifs, above a band of trefoil leaves. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: White and much crazed.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Bowl with geometric and foliate decoration
Physical description
The interior has a classic oriental scroll motif and five groups of four dots. The exterior has a wide band below the rim of alternating foliate and geometric ornament with classic oriental scroll motifs, above a band of trefoil leaves. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: White and much crazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.7cm
  • Diameter: 13.8cm
Height: Ht. 7.7 cms (3 ins).() Diameter: D 13.8 cms (5 3/8 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (probably Norfolk House)
Subjects depicted
Scrolls (Motifs)
Geometric Patterns
Leaf (Plant Material)
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
F9. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.257-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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