Dish
ca. 1665-1685 (made)
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Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Interior painted in blue with flowers, leaves and an insect. The sides sponged with alternating blue and manganese-purple stripes. Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Dull greyish white on front and underside with the exception of the foot-rim, which has been wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: Press-moulded oval bowl with fluted sides and two rolled handles. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Shape: Press-moulded oval bowl with fluted sides and two rolled handles. (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 | Delftware dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly made by Brislington pottery, Brislington, ca. 1665-1685. |
| Physical description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Interior painted in blue with flowers, leaves and an insect. The sides sponged with alternating blue and manganese-purple stripes. Body colour: Dark buff. Glaze: Dull greyish white on front and underside with the exception of the foot-rim, which has been wiped clean of glaze. Shape: Press-moulded oval bowl with fluted sides and two rolled handles. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Object history | Mellor Bequest, 1963. |
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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 | F2. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.29-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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