On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Ewer

1700-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
De Paauw Factory (maker)
Place of origin
Delft (made)

Floral decoration with birds and insects in white on blue ground. One of a pair with 1016.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Delftware
Object type
Ewer
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Ewer, blue tin-glazed with white decoration, with silver mounts incorporating sea shells, made at the factory "De Paauw", Delft, 1700-25
Physical description
Floral decoration with birds and insects in white on blue ground. One of a pair with 1016.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
  • Height: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DPAVW' in monogram (Painted in white)
  • '11' (Painted in white)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Ewer
made at the factory "De Paauw", Delft, Netherlands 1700-25
Marks: 'DPAVW' in monogramme and '11' , painted in white
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration

1015-1855
Subjects depicted
Birds
Insects
Bibliographic references
  • The Hague. 2001, Vol.II. pp.158-168.
  • Paris. 1994. Cat.69.
  • Marion S. van Aken-Fehmers, in: La donation Clare van Beusekom-Hamburger: Faiences et porcelaines des XVIe-XVIIIe siecels, Musee Ariana, Geneve, 2010, Cat 7, p. 131, colour plate p. 40,
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1015-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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