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Dish

ca. 1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of five reserved panels with Chinese figures in oriental landscapes in blue. The back has three herbal sprigs on the flange and well in blue.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling and dribbling on the back. The tip of what may be a stilt adheres on the back of the flange near the well.
Shape: Shape D. (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
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably made by T. Cantle, probably Temple Back pottery, Temple Back, ca. 1754
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of five reserved panels with Chinese figures in oriental landscapes in blue. The back has three herbal sprigs on the flange and well in blue.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling and dribbling on the back. The tip of what may be a stilt adheres on the back of the flange near the well.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr T. Charbonnier, Bristol, 1924.
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
B72. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.905-1924

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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