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Dish

ca. 1665 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rotherhithe Pottery (manufacturers)
Pickleherring Pottery (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Rotherhithe (made)
Pickleherring (made)

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The 'Sacrifice of Isaac', inscribed T/R M/ 1665. The last two figures are doubtful because of running pigment. Painted in blue, turquoise green, ochre, yellow and manganese-purple. The border in blue between yellow and blue rings. Body colour: Dark buff. Condition: Part of rim at upper right (about 4 ins by 1 in) restored. Glaze: Dull white. A lead-glaze with grey streaks of tin-glaze over a pale slip covers the entire back. Four marked potting grooves on the back of the flange. The foot-rim has been wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape A with straight rim. Foot pierced with two holes before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, 'The Sacrifice of Isaac', possibly made by Rotherhithe pottery or Pickleherring Pottery, Rotherhithe or Pickleherring, ca. 1665
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The 'Sacrifice of Isaac', inscribed T/R M/ 1665. The last two figures are doubtful because of running pigment. Painted in blue, turquoise green, ochre, yellow and manganese-purple. The border in blue between yellow and blue rings. Body colour: Dark buff. Condition: Part of rim at upper right (about 4 ins by 1 in) restored. Glaze: Dull white. A lead-glaze with grey streaks of tin-glaze over a pale slip covers the entire back. Four marked potting grooves on the back of the flange. The foot-rim has been wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape A with straight rim. Foot pierced with two holes before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Diameter: 42.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed T/R M/ 1665.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Object history
H. Nelson. Sotheby. 9:7:1943. Lot 17. Stuart G. Davis Bequest, 1951.
Subjects depicted
Trees
Altar
Angel
Isaac
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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 49.
  • Lomax, James. Baroque forms and decoration on English Pottery 1640-1760. A paper read at the weekend seminar Fire and Form – The Baroque and its influence on English Ceramics, c. 1660-1760, 26th-27th March 2011, published English Ceramics Circle, 2013, pp171-208. Illustrated fig. 14, 176p together with its source print published by Archer; an engraving by Peter de Jode (1606-1674) engraved by Vischer, from the Thesaurus Sacrificium Historiarum Veteris Testamenti (Antwerp 1585) fig. 15, 177p.
Other number
A58. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.73-1951

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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