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

Plate

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

A flowering plant and a pavilion in yellow, red, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. No apparent peg-marks back or front. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape H with straighter sides and a groove on the back half way up the well. (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
Flowers and a pavilion
Physical description
A flowering plant and a pavilion in yellow, red, green and blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. No apparent peg-marks back or front. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape H with straighter sides and a groove on the back half way up the well. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 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
B33. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1146-1924

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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