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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Tile

1756-1757 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Shepherd lovers with a dog. Printed in manganese-purple and overpainted in blue, green, yellow, orange, turquoise and manganese-purple.

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Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
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Physical description
Decoration: Shepherd lovers with a dog. Printed in manganese-purple and overpainted in blue, green, yellow, orange, turquoise and manganese-purple.
Dimensions
  • Width: 129mm
  • Thickness: 9mm
Credit line
Arthur Hurst Bequest, 1940.
Object history
Arthur Hurst Bequest, 1940.
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
  • Ray Tiles, No: 612 (illustrated). Ray 1973, No: A2-3. Williams-Wood, Pl: 55.
Other number
N.419 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.81-1940

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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