Char Pot
ca. 1750-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Char pot of tin-glazed earthenware.
Underside flat without foot-rim.
Five similar fishes in grey, red and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with numerous small black specks. Some evidence of at least two peg-marks on the upper edge of the sides.
Shape: Underside flat without foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Underside flat without foot-rim.
Five similar fishes in grey, red and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White with numerous small black specks. Some evidence of at least two peg-marks on the upper edge of the sides.
Shape: Underside flat without foot-rim. (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 |
| Brief description | Delftware char pot, painted decoration depicting fishes, Liverpool, possibly Zachariah Barnes, ca. 1750-1770 |
| Physical description | Char pot of tin-glazed earthenware. Underside flat without foot-rim. Five similar fishes in grey, red and manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: White with numerous small black specks. Some evidence of at least two peg-marks on the upper edge of the sides. Shape: Underside flat without foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill |
| 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 | F57. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.9-1944 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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