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Dish

ca. 1650-1675 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Geometric decoration painted in blue, yellow and turquoise green. Two (three?) stilt marks on the front (8 cms point to point).
Body colour: Dark buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white. A lead-glaze of lumpy consistency containing many white and blue spots, possibly over a pale slip, covers the entire back.
Shape: Shape B. Foot pierced with one hole before firing which does not penetrate right through. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Geometric
Physical description
Geometric decoration painted in blue, yellow and turquoise green. Two (three?) stilt marks on the front (8 cms point to point).
Body colour: Dark buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white. A lead-glaze of lumpy consistency containing many white and blue spots, possibly over a pale slip, covers the entire back.
Shape: Shape B. Foot pierced with one hole before firing which does not penetrate right through. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 32.6cm
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Production
London or Brislington
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
A47. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.1-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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