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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Bottle

1749 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Vauxhall (made)

Bottle of salt-glazed stoneware. Grey base, freckled reddish dip. Applied inn-sign of The Bull.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Bottle
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware
Stoneware
Glazed
Brief description
Bottle, salt-glazed stoneware, possibly Vauxhall, London, dated 1749
Physical description
Bottle of salt-glazed stoneware. Grey base, freckled reddish dip. Applied inn-sign of The Bull.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Diameter: 12.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Jno Fowler 1749'
Credit line
Purchased with the support of Sir Harry Djanogly CBE and with funds from the Hugh Phillips and Robert Stones Bequests
Object history
Formerly in the collection of Phillips Edinburgh, 12/11/1982
Subject depicted
Bull
Bibliographic references
  • Hildyard, Robin. Browne Muggs: English brown stoneware. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, p. 44
  • Hildyard, Robin. English pottery. London: V&A Publications, 2005, pl. 15
  • Massey, Marno & Spero. Ceramics of Vauxhall: 18th century pottery and porcelain. London: The English Ceramic Circle, 2007
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.84-2013

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Record createdJuly 22, 2013
Record URL
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