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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. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The exterior has leaves growing out of cross-hatched areas, perhaps representing earth banks, in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: White and much crazed.
Shape: Rounded flange at the rim to receive a lid. There is a triangular spike at the centre of the interior approximately 3 cms high. (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
Foliate and geometric bowl, perhaps for butter
Physical description
The exterior has leaves growing out of cross-hatched areas, perhaps representing earth banks, in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: White and much crazed.
Shape: Rounded flange at the rim to receive a lid. There is a triangular spike at the centre of the interior approximately 3 cms high. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.7cm
  • Diameter: 18cm
Height: Ht. 8.7 cms (3 3/8 ins).() Diameter: D. 18 cms (7 1/8 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street or Norfolk House)
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
F51. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.263-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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