Dish

ca. 1750-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Leaves and geometric decoration in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, dribbling at the rim on the back with a few pin-holes. No apparent peg-marks on back or front.
Shape: Shape E with steeper flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish, probably made by Redcliff Back pottery, Bristol, ca. 1750-1760, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Leaves and geometric decoration in red, yellow, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, dribbling at the rim on the back with a few pin-holes. No apparent peg-marks on back or front.
Shape: Shape E with steeper flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.3cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1928.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
B139. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.567-1928

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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