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Fragment of a Plate

1737 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A floral spray with alternating panels of conventional flowers and diaper on the flange on the front and the remains of an E and the date 1737 in the middle of the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish grey and much crazed.
Shape: Shape K. (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
Floral and an inscription
Physical description
A floral spray with alternating panels of conventional flowers and diaper on the flange on the front and the remains of an E and the date 1737 in the middle of the back in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish grey and much crazed.
Shape: Shape K. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Length: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed 1737 on back. (Back)
  • 1737
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 421.
Other number
B121. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.162C-1981

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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