Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Storage Jar

1st half 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stripes, V-shapes and stepped pyramids in blue with looping zig-zag in ochre.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Creamy white, much crazed. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Slightly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Geometric
Physical description
Stripes, V-shapes and stepped pyramids in blue with looping zig-zag in ochre.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Creamy white, much crazed. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Slightly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.1cm
  • Diameter: 6.2cm
Height: Ht. 8.1 cms (3 3/16 ins).() Diameter: D. 6.2 cms (2 3/8 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Algernon Brent
Production
London (Aldgate, Southwark or Rotherhithe)
Subject depicted
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
J1. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.268-1916

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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