Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bottle

ca. 1770-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of globular form with short neck, flaring mouth over a ring moulding with a low angled foot. Covered with a grey tin glaze, painted in manganese purple, blue, green and yellow with rings around the lower body and upper neck. The shoulder is painted with shaded lappets and the main part of the body has a running floral pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Bottle of buff earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. German, Kellinghusen, 1770-1800.
Physical description
Bottle of globular form with short neck, flaring mouth over a ring moulding with a low angled foot. Covered with a grey tin glaze, painted in manganese purple, blue, green and yellow with rings around the lower body and upper neck. The shoulder is painted with shaded lappets and the main part of the body has a running floral pattern.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 26.5cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 16.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by D.B. Simpson
Historical context
Note in Register: Probably Schleswig-Holstein.
Collection
Accession number
C.75-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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