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Plate

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A coastal landscape with a tall rock, buildings, a boat and two Chinese figures in yellow, blue and manganese-purple within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco formalised leaves and geometric ornament. The back has two herbal sprigs on the flange and well in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and lumpy.
Shape: Shape L with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Coastal landscape
Physical description
A coastal landscape with a tall rock, buildings, a boat and two Chinese figures in yellow, blue and manganese-purple within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco formalised leaves and geometric ornament. The back has two herbal sprigs on the flange and well in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and lumpy.
Shape: Shape L with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.7cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1924.
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
B102. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1144-1924

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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