Plate
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with a Chinese scene with a figure in a boat, another figure crossing a bridge towards a tree and house, border of grapes and foliate scrolls.
Delft database:
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish. Slight pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Delft database:
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish. Slight pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Plate, delftware, painted in blue with a Chinese scene showing a house, tree, bridge and boat, made by Delftfield, Glasgow, c.1760.(A coastal landscape, grapes and leaves) |
| Physical description | Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with a Chinese scene with a figure in a boat, another figure crossing a bridge towards a tree and house, border of grapes and foliate scrolls. Delft database: Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish. Slight pooling on the back. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Bequeathed by Miss D.B. Simpson, Slindon, Sussex, 1977. |
| Production | Glasgow (Delftfield) |
| 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, p. 233. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | B258. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.43-1977 |
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| Record created | November 24, 1999 |
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