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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturers) Frank, Richard (producer (three-dimensional arts)) Edkins, Michael (maker)
Place of origin	Redcliff Back (made)

A Chinese figure in an oriental landscape with a fence, tree, rock, castle and two quails(?) in blue. In the middle of the back is the inscription E/MB/1760 also in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

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Categories	Delftware Ceramics
Object type	Plate
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware, painted Tin Glaze Earthenware Glazed Painted
Brief description	A Chinese figure in an oriental landscape and an inscription
Physical description	A Chinese figure in an oriental landscape with a fence, tree, rock, castle and two quails(?) in blue. In the middle of the back is the inscription E/MB/1760 also in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions	Diameter: 22.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed on back; E/M B/ 1760. (Back) E/M B/ 1760.
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history	W. Edkins, 1859.
Subjects depicted	Landscapes (Representations) Fences Tree Cattle Birds
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 M.P.G. 1871, L.23. M.P.G. 1876, L.20 and Figs: 150 and 151. Handbook M.P.G., 1893, L.20 and Figs: 125 and 126. Owen, p. 329. Rackham and Read, p. 56. Garner, p.26 and Pl: 74.B. W.B. Honey, Old English Porcelain, London, 1948, p. 158, note 2. Lipski and Archer, No: 605.
Other number	B253. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	3125-1901

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21051/plate-frank-richard/

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