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Dish

ca. 1710-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tulips, spiral buds and flat leaves grow from a low mound painted in blue, red, green and ochre. Blue dashes and yellow and blue lines at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (9.5/10 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front and back. Foot-rim wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B but deeper with wider foot-rim and without a groove at the 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
Tulips
Physical description
Tulips, spiral buds and flat leaves grow from a low mound painted in blue, red, green and ochre. Blue dashes and yellow and blue lines at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (9.5/10 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front and back. Foot-rim wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B but deeper with wider foot-rim and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 29cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1927.
Production
London or Brislington or Bristol
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
A39. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.305-1927

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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