Flower-Brick
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Flower sprays on all four sides in low temperature over-glaze enamel pink, yellow, red, green and brown (manganese-purple?).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white with some small scraps of clay adhering just above the foot on one side.
Shape: One large circular hole and twenty six smaller ones in the top. Foot on long sides only, chamfered on the inside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white with some small scraps of clay adhering just above the foot on one side.
Shape: One large circular hole and twenty six smaller ones in the top. Foot on long sides only, chamfered on the inside. (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 | Flowers |
| Physical description | Flower sprays on all four sides in low temperature over-glaze enamel pink, yellow, red, green and brown (manganese-purple?). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white with some small scraps of clay adhering just above the foot on one side. Shape: One large circular hole and twenty six smaller ones in the top. Foot on long sides only, chamfered on the inside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr J. Horne, Kensington, 1979. |
| Production | Liverpool (decorated in Staffordshire, possibly at Cobridge) |
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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 | I14. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.66-1979 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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