Bowl
1761 (made)
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Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware. The exterior painted in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple with two small and two large sprays of flowers, the interior with three insects with three sprays of flowers in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple and an inscription 'Joy & Succefs. to Robert. Gilchrist / Lord Sheriff of Hamilton / 1761' in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with some pin-holes, pooling here and there with a bluish tinge particularly at the rim, which has three peg-marks.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with some pin-holes, pooling here and there with a bluish tinge particularly at the rim, which has three peg-marks.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, glazed and painted |
| Brief description | Bowl of delftware, tin-glazed earthenware, painted, made by Delftfield Pottery, Glasgow, 1761. |
| Physical description | Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware. The exterior painted in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple with two small and two large sprays of flowers, the interior with three insects with three sprays of flowers in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple and an inscription 'Joy & Succefs. to Robert. Gilchrist / Lord Sheriff of Hamilton / 1761' in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: White with some pin-holes, pooling here and there with a bluish tinge particularly at the rim, which has three peg-marks. |
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| Object history | Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965. Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 139. |
| Historical context | Walter Robert Gilchrist was Sheriff substitute at Hamilton Sheriff Court in the middle of the 18th century. He was known as 'Neilsland', being the descendant of the Hamilton family which owned the Neilsland estate in and around Hamilton in Lanarkshire. His father was Walter Gilchrist, a merchant in Edinburgh. |
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| Other number | F35. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.104-1965 |
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| Record created | November 24, 1999 |
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