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Flower-brick
- Place of origin:
Bristol (probably, made)
- Date:
ca. 1735 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
- Museum number:
CIRC.946-1924
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery, case 4, shelf 8
Physical description
Floral and diaper decoration alternating on the sides and ends in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White. At one point on the inner side of the foot the glaze has been ground down where it ran down during firing.
Shape: One square hole and twelve round ones in the top. Recessed foot with a chamfered edge. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Place of Origin
Bristol (probably, made)
Date
ca. 1735 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Dimensions
Height: 8 cm, Length: 14.9 cm, Width: 7.4 cm
Object history note
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1974.
Descriptive line
Floral and geometric
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Techniques
Glazed
Subjects depicted
Diaper work; Floral patterns
Categories
Delftware; Ceramics
Collection
Ceramics Collection