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Dish

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

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Landscape with rock, houses and trees with Chinese figures fishing and sitting in boats in green, red, blue and manganese-purple. Greyish white glaze. Only one peg-mark apparent on front edge of rim. Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997).

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, possibly made by Redcliff Back pottery, possibly produced by Richard Frank, Bristol, ca. 1760-1770.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Landscape with rock, houses and trees with Chinese figures fishing and sitting in boats in green, red, blue and manganese-purple. Greyish white glaze. Only one peg-mark apparent on front edge of rim. Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
cross in centre; alt. crosses & lll. (Back)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
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
B255. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.340-1926

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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