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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
British Galleries, Room 57

Dish

16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Object Type
This earthenware disc with deep concentric channels has various possible agricultural uses, but that of a chicken feeder is the most plausible. Corn or even water would be held in the rings and not scattered into the farmyard mud with the wild pecking of the chicks.

Ownership & Use
Cheap functional objects like this one occasionally survive breakage and the passage of several centuries to become collectors' items. This piece was originally acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology, as an interesting example of the use of clay. It remains so today.Materials
This type of earthenware takes its name from the area where it was made, on the borders of Hampshire and Surrey. Rich deposits of white clay were found there.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Chickens' feeding pan, Border-ware, made in the 16th century, Surry-Hampshire borders
Physical description
Border-ware
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.6cm
  • Diameter: 21.7cm
Dimensions checked: Measured; 14/06/1999 by T.Bloxham
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history
Formerly in the Cato Collection; found in Moorfields, LondonSurrey-Hampshire borders, "Border Ware"
Production
Found in Moorfields, London
Summary
Object Type
This earthenware disc with deep concentric channels has various possible agricultural uses, but that of a chicken feeder is the most plausible. Corn or even water would be held in the rings and not scattered into the farmyard mud with the wild pecking of the chicks.

Ownership & Use
Cheap functional objects like this one occasionally survive breakage and the passage of several centuries to become collectors' items. This piece was originally acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology, as an interesting example of the use of clay. It remains so today.Materials
This type of earthenware takes its name from the area where it was made, on the borders of Hampshire and Surrey. Rich deposits of white clay were found there.
Collection
Accession number
2027-1901

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Record createdMarch 27, 2003
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