Dish
ca. 1680 (made)
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Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A flying bird in the centre surrounded by two butterflies, four insects and a number of leaf and plant motifs painted in yellow, blue and manganese-purple. Two purple lines at the rim. Part of the rim shows signs of localised over-firing. Three stilt marks on the front (9.3 cms point to point).
Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Matt duck egg blue on the front. A shiny lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip with some areas of greenish blue tin-glaze at the rim covers the entire back with the exception of small areas within the foot-rim. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Matt duck egg blue on the front. A shiny lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip with some areas of greenish blue tin-glaze at the rim covers the entire back with the exception of small areas within the foot-rim. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, Brislington pottery, Brislington, ca. 1680 |
| Physical description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A flying bird in the centre surrounded by two butterflies, four insects and a number of leaf and plant motifs painted in yellow, blue and manganese-purple. Two purple lines at the rim. Part of the rim shows signs of localised over-firing. Three stilt marks on the front (9.3 cms point to point). Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Matt duck egg blue on the front. A shiny lead-glaze with darker streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip with some areas of greenish blue tin-glaze at the rim covers the entire back with the exception of small areas within the foot-rim. Foot-rim wiped almost entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr D.L.C. Evans, Penzance, Cornwall, 1969. |
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| Other number | A60. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.1-1969 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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