Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street Pottery (manufacturer)
Griffith, William (producer)
Griffith, Abigail (producer)
Place of origin
Lambeth High Street (made)

An oriental coastal landscape with mountains, house, trees, ships and a pagoda in yellow, green, red, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and slightly lumpy on the back. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Oriental coastal landscape
Physical description
An oriental coastal landscape with mountains, house, trees, ships and a pagoda in yellow, green, red, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and slightly lumpy on the back. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23cm
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted
Pagoda
Landscape
Coast
Mountains
Ships
Trees
House
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
  • Honey, p.46, Pl: IV.A.
Other number
B246. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.93-1947

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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