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

Tile

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Chinoiserie designs. Blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple. Some also have red.
Body: Buff, fine-grained.
Surface: Flat.

Cat. nos. N.363-N.389 are of related design. Of these, nos. N.364-8 are closely similar, as are N.371-3, N.374-6, N.379-80, N.381-4, N.385-6 and N.387-9.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
One of sixteen tiles, earthenware, with Chinese figure on a mound, painted in blue, yellow, orange, green and purple, from designs in the Ladies Amusement, the corner designs form a blue flower when the tiles are assembled. English (Bristol), about 1760.
5 1/8" square
Physical description
Decoration: Chinoiserie designs. Blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple. Some also have red.
Body: Buff, fine-grained.
Surface: Flat.

Cat. nos. N.363-N.389 are of related design. Of these, nos. N.364-8 are closely similar, as are N.371-3, N.374-6, N.379-80, N.381-4, N.385-6 and N.387-9.
DimensionsCat. nos. N.364 - N.376 and N.378 - N.389 are of varying sizes. Width: 126 to 130mm and thickness: 8 to 9mm.
Credit line
Given by Mr G. Abercromby
Object history
Given by Mr G. Abercromby, London, 1924.
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
  • Ray Tiles, Nos: 561-566.
Other number
N.370 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.1312A-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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