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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturer) Frank, Richard (maker)
Place of origin	Bristol (made)

Tile, buff earthenware with lavender tin glaze, painted in colours with a crested bird, standing on a grassy mound. It has a bianco-sopra-azzurro border decorated with flowers and scrolled foliage. Flat surface, with two pin-holes near corners of the back.

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Categories	Delftware Tiles Earthenware Ceramics SCRAN
Object type	Tile
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware with painted and bianco-sopra-azzurro decoration Earthenware Tin Glaze Glazed Painted
Brief description	Delftware. Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, probably made by Richard Frank at Redcliff Back pottery, England, ca. 1760-1770.
Physical description	Tile, buff earthenware with lavender tin glaze, painted in colours with a crested bird, standing on a grassy mound. It has a bianco-sopra-azzurro border decorated with flowers and scrolled foliage. Flat surface, with two pin-holes near corners of the back.
Dimensions	Width: 13.1cm Thickness: 0.8cm Length: 13.1cm Cut down
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Production	Probably made by Richard Frank at Redcliff Back pottery
Subjects depicted	Bird Flowers Scrolling Foliage
Bibliographic references	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. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 Lady Schreiber, No: 847.5. Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 6. Ray Tiles, No: 382 (illustrated).
Other numbers	N 210 - Delftware (1997) cat. no. Sch. II 15 - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:847/G-1885

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20416/tile-frank-richard/

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