Tile

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted and bianco-sopra-azzurro decoration
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
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
Accession number
414:847/G-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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