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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Bowl

ca. 1756-1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street Pottery (manufacturer)
Griffith, Abigail (producer)
Griffith, William (producer)
Place of origin
Lambeth High Street (made)

The interior has a band of geometric decoration in bianco-sopra-bianco and the inscription Success/ To the British/ Arms and a paraph below. The exterior has two Chinese figures, a rock, house, bamboos and trees with two ships in an oriental coastal landscape in yellow, blue, green and manganese-purple. The rim is in yellowish-brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Lavender.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Propaganda
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Chinese figures, a house and ships in an oriental landscape and an inscription
Physical description
The interior has a band of geometric decoration in bianco-sopra-bianco and the inscription Success/ To the British/ Arms and a paraph below. The exterior has two Chinese figures, a rock, house, bamboos and trees with two ships in an oriental coastal landscape in yellow, blue, green and manganese-purple. The rim is in yellowish-brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Lavender.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.7cm
  • Diameter: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed Success/ To the British/ Arms.
Object history
Mrs D. Mundy. Sothebys. 6:2:1948. Lot 43. Purchased from Filkins and Co., South Kensington, 1948.
Subjects depicted
Geometric Patterns
House
Trees
Ships
Bamboo
Landscapes (Representations)
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
  • R.G. Mundy, English Delft Pottery, London, 1928, Pl: XXVI1.
Other number
B82. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.13-1948

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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