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

Artist/Maker	Lambeth High Street Pottery (manufacturer) Morgan, Thomas (producer) Griffith, Abigail (producer (three-dimensional arts))
Place of origin	Lambeth High Street (made)

Grapes and a basket in manganese-purple with a blue ground below, green leaves with purple stalks and a blue rim.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greeny bluish, thick, lumpy and finely crazed.
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 in colours Tin Glaze Earthenware Glazed Painted
Brief description	A basket, grapes and leaves
Physical description	Grapes and a basket in manganese-purple with a blue ground below, green leaves with purple stalks and a blue rim. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greeny bluish, thick, lumpy and finely crazed. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions	Diameter: 22.6cm
Credit line	Given by Brig. Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor KBE, CB, CMG, KG
Subjects depicted	Leaves Grapes Basket
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 Massey, Roger. Later London delftware 1780-1810. English Ceramics Circle Transactions Volume 23, 2012, pp127-142. Illustrated fig. 9, 129p Massey, Roger. Later London delftware 1780-1810. English Ceramics Circle Transactions Volume 23, 2012, pp127-142. Illustrated fig. 16, 131p.
Other number	B182. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.30-1924

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21125/plate-morgan-thomas/

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