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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Dish

ca.1625-1640 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rotherhithe Pottery (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (made)
Southwark (made)
Rotherhithe (made)

Three lilies growing from a low mound in blue, orange, ochre and strong green within a border of alternating blue and orange stepped pyramids between blue and yellow rings and blue dashes. Three stilt marks on the front (11.2 cms point to point).
Body colour: Reddish buff with dark red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. A clear lead-glaze over a pale slip covers most of the back.
Shape: Shape A. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Glazed
Brief description
Lilies and geometric
Physical description
Three lilies growing from a low mound in blue, orange, ochre and strong green within a border of alternating blue and orange stepped pyramids between blue and yellow rings and blue dashes. Three stilt marks on the front (11.2 cms point to point).
Body colour: Reddish buff with dark red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. A clear lead-glaze over a pale slip covers most of the back.
Shape: Shape A. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.4cm
  • Diameter: 36.3cm
Height: Ht. 7.4 cms (2 7/8 ins).() Diameter: D. 36.3 cms (14 1/4 ins)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No:10.
Production
London (Southwark or Rotherhithe)
Subjects depicted
Lily
Geometric Pattern
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
  • 'A Miscellany of Pieces', E.C.C. Trans: Vol:2, No: 10, 1948, pp.238-239, Pl: LXXX.
Other number
A22. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.79-1947

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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