Flower-Brick
ca. 1750-1770 (made)
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The long sides have a repeated scene of two ladies walking in landscapes. The short sides have a repeated scene of a building in a landscape. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: One large rectangular hole and twelve small round ones in the top. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: One large rectangular hole and twelve small round ones in the top. (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 in blue |
| Brief description | Flower-brick, tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) painted in blue, perhaps by John Bowen. English (Bristol), c. 1760 |
| Physical description | The long sides have a repeated scene of two ladies walking in landscapes. The short sides have a repeated scene of a building in a landscape. All the decoration is in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas. Shape: One large rectangular hole and twelve small round ones in the top. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by M. G. A. Graham |
| Production | Bristol (probably Redcliff Back, Richard Frank) |
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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 | I10. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.82-1952 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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