Sweetmeat Stand
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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Sweetmeal stand of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The three cockle-shells and the upper bowl have sprigs of flowers and the birds and shells are dabbed with pigment in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White and pooling, partially on the underside. Some of the painting has run in the firing and the glaze is very pink where it is thin. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze.
Shape: The shells supporting the birds are hollow as is the central column which has a hole opening into the base. The moulding around the base has numerous stab-holes. The base, central column and wish-bone supports are all decorated with shells and apparently moulded (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) from real examples.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White and pooling, partially on the underside. Some of the painting has run in the firing and the glaze is very pink where it is thin. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze.
Shape: The shells supporting the birds are hollow as is the central column which has a hole opening into the base. The moulding around the base has numerous stab-holes. The base, central column and wish-bone supports are all decorated with shells and apparently moulded (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) from real examples.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Delftware stand of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, made by Henry Delamain, probably World's End, Dublin, ca. 1755-1760. |
| Physical description | Sweetmeal stand of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The three cockle-shells and the upper bowl have sprigs of flowers and the birds and shells are dabbed with pigment in yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: White and pooling, partially on the underside. Some of the painting has run in the firing and the glaze is very pink where it is thin. Foot-rim wiped partially clean of glaze. Shape: The shells supporting the birds are hollow as is the central column which has a hole opening into the base. The moulding around the base has numerous stab-holes. The base, central column and wish-bone supports are all decorated with shells and apparently moulded (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) from real examples. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Messrs. Jellinek and Sampson, London, 1980. Exhibited: 'Delftfield', Glasgow Museum, 1986. |
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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 | G13. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.21-1980 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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