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

Decoration: Chinoiserie landscape. Red, green, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, medium-grained.
Glaze: Lavender with traces of glaze on the back.
Surface: Uneven.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Tile, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with a Chinese landscape - a group of large rocks with a tree and plants growing on the top and a pagoda on either side in the background. England, Bristol, mid 18th century
Physical description
Decoration: Chinoiserie landscape. Red, green, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, medium-grained.
Glaze: Lavender with traces of glaze on the back.
Surface: Uneven.
Dimensions
  • Width: 123mm
  • Thickness: 7mm
Cut down.
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss, in memory of Audrey Van Oss
Object history
Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss in memory of Audrey Van Oss.
Subject 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: 581 (illustrated).
Other number
N.397 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.46-1960

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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