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Plate

ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street (manufacturers)
Griffith, Abigail (producer)
Place of origin
Lambeth High Street (made)

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape with a border of flowers and leaves, the latter with sgraffito lines, in blue, red, green and yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and lumpy.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, made by A. Griffith, Lambeth High Street, London, ca. 1765-1775
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape with a border of flowers and leaves, the latter with sgraffito lines, in blue, red, green and yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and lumpy.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.7cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1923.
Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 130.
Subjects depicted
Landscapes (Representations)
Figure
Leaves
Flowers
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
  • Garner and Archer, p.38, Pl: F.
Other number
B261. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.732-1923

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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