Tankard
ca. 1750 (made)
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Tankard of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A man and a woman in a landscape with houses and trees. The handle has a band of repeating geometric ornament. All the decoration is in blue, some of it sponged. Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on underside and on interior.
Shape: Handle of oval section. Underside concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on underside and on interior.
Shape: Handle of oval section. Underside concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Tankard of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably made in London or possibly Bristol, ca. 1750. |
Physical description | Tankard of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A man and a woman in a landscape with houses and trees. The handle has a band of repeating geometric ornament. All the decoration is in blue, some of it sponged. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on underside and on interior. Shape: Handle of oval section. Underside concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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Object history | Mr A.H. Harris. Sothebys. 6:4:1951. Lot 7. Purchased, 1951. |
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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 | C20. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | CIRC.81-1951 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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