Vase
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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A figure in a sampan-like boat with swimming birds, a fence, trees and houses with alternating grapes and leaves around the mouth in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Mouth much restored.
Glaze: Bluish white pooling at the base. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Slightly concave underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Mouth much restored.
Glaze: Bluish white pooling at the base. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Slightly concave underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Vase, with a figure in a boat in a coastal landscape, Liverpool, about 1750-60 |
Physical description | A figure in a sampan-like boat with swimming birds, a fence, trees and houses with alternating grapes and leaves around the mouth in blue. Body colour: Buff. Condition: Mouth much restored. Glaze: Bluish white pooling at the base. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas. Shape: Slightly concave underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
Object history | Mellor Bequest, 1963. |
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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 | I19. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
Collection | |
Accession number | CIRC.90-1963 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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