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Plate

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese landscape with daffodils and other flowers on the border, painted in blue, yellow, green and manganese-purple. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish, thick and slightly lumpy on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (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
Chinese landscape with flowers
Physical description
Chinese landscape with daffodils and other flowers on the border, painted in blue, yellow, green and manganese-purple. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish, thick and slightly lumpy on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.6cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1923.
Subjects 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
B266. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.733-1923

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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