Dish
ca. 1740-1750 (made)
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Two figures in a landscape with sponged trees and a building in manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white, pooling and dribbling on the flange on the back and much crazed. A few pin-holes back and front.
Shape: Shape E with shorter well and slightly steeper flange. Two holes, 3 cms apart, pierced through the foot-rim before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white, pooling and dribbling on the flange on the back and much crazed. A few pin-holes back and front.
Shape: Shape E with shorter well and slightly steeper flange. Two holes, 3 cms apart, pierced through the foot-rim before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese-purple with a scene of figures in a landscape. England, probably Wincanton but possibly London, about 1740-1750 |
| Physical description | Two figures in a landscape with sponged trees and a building in manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pinkish white, pooling and dribbling on the flange on the back and much crazed. A few pin-holes back and front. Shape: Shape E with shorter well and slightly steeper flange. Two holes, 3 cms apart, pierced through the foot-rim before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr Erling Schroeder, Copenhagen, 1967. |
| Production | Probably Wincanton or may be London |
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| 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 | B210. - Delftware (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.65-1967 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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