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Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tile

1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Frank, Richard (producer)
Place of origin
Redcliff Back (made)

Decoration: Bird. Blue, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, fine-grained. 1 pin-hole near a corner of the front.
Glaze: Lavender.
Surface: Concave.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Tiles
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
C
Physical description
Decoration: Bird. Blue, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, fine-grained. 1 pin-hole near a corner of the front.
Glaze: Lavender.
Surface: Concave.
Dimensions
  • Width: 128mm
  • Thickness: 7mm
Credit line
Given by Mr R. J. Charleston
Object history
Bought by Mr L.L. Lipski from Elson, Bristol, April 1951.
Production
(probably Redcliff Back, Richard Frank).
Subject depicted
Bird
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, Nos: 375-383.
Other number
N.211 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.144-1982

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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