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Plate

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Frank, Richard (producer)
Place of origin
Bristol (made)

The painting of delftware in Bristol exceeded the standards found at London or Liverpool. It is even possible to attribute certain painting styles to known artists. But all the Bristol factories had gone out of business by the end of the 1700s. This was due to the invention of Wedgwood's creamware in the 1760s.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Plate, decorated in blue with coastal landscape, Redcliff Back pottery, England (Bristol), ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Landscape with rock, houses and trees with Chinese figures fishing and sitting in boats in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape N. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Production
Possibly Redcliff Back
Subjects depicted
Landscapes (Representations)
Houses
Trees
Fishermen
Boats
Summary
The painting of delftware in Bristol exceeded the standards found at London or Liverpool. It is even possible to attribute certain painting styles to known artists. But all the Bristol factories had gone out of business by the end of the 1700s. This was due to the invention of Wedgwood's creamware in the 1760s.
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
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
Other number
B256. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.81-1965

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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