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

Shoe

1729 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painted with flowers and geometric decoration in blue. The instep is inscribed T/I F/ 1729.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Heel and sole wiped clean of glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Brief description
Floral
Physical description
Painted with flowers and geometric decoration in blue. The instep is inscribed T/I F/ 1729.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Heel and sole wiped clean of glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.7cm
  • Length: 15.7cm
: L. cms (6 3/16 ins)()
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed T/I F/ 1729.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons FSA
Object history
Purchased by Lt. Col. G.B. Croft - Lyons, F.S.A., in Topsham, Devonshire and given by him, 1926.
Production
London or Bristol
Subject depicted
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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 1732.
Other number
L6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.304-1926

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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