Char Pot

ca. 1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
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)

Object details

Categories
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)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.8cm
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 createdJanuary 29, 2000
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