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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Terrine

1750-1782 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Moulded terrine and cover in the shape of a cabbage with a curled-up pike on top with small fish in its mouth. The cover is hollow and has a pierced firing-ventilation hole in the bottom. Painted decoration in blue, green, manganese and yellow.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Pot
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Terrine, cover and stand, cabbage with pike on top, tin-glazed earthenware with painted polychrome decoration, Delft, Netherlands 1750-75
Physical description
Moulded terrine and cover in the shape of a cabbage with a curled-up pike on top with small fish in its mouth. The cover is hollow and has a pierced firing-ventilation hole in the bottom. Painted decoration in blue, green, manganese and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Overall height: 13cm
  • Stand width: 19.5cm
Gallery label
Terrine and cover in the shape of a pike made Delft, Netherlands 1750-75 Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration 2945A&B-1853(16/07/2008)
Bibliographic reference
The Hague. 2001. p.156, Catalogue entry 28.
Collection
Accession number
2945 to B-1853

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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