Octagonal Plate
ca. 1685-1695 (made)
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A group of four oval fruit and four bunches of grapes in the centre with a border of pendant tassels and swags enclosing fans of graduated strokes in blue with dark blackish blue trek outlines.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white on front and back, with some pooling and thicker dribbles on the back.
Shape: Shape I with less pronounced well and more convex base. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white on front and back, with some pooling and thicker dribbles on the back.
Shape: Shape I with less pronounced well and more convex base. (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 | Fruit with a border of swags and pendant tassels |
| Physical description | A group of four oval fruit and four bunches of grapes in the centre with a border of pendant tassels and swags enclosing fans of graduated strokes in blue with dark blackish blue trek outlines. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white on front and back, with some pooling and thicker dribbles on the back. Shape: Shape I with less pronounced well and more convex base. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Mr B.W. Guest, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Purchased from Mr T. Jellinek, Kensington, 1983. |
| Production | London, Brislington or possibly Dutch |
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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 | B105. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.229-1983 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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