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Bowl

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior has repeating motifs which may be Chinese flaming pearls and is inscribed Succes/ to the British/ Armes in manganese-purple. The exterior has repeating flower sprays in yellow, blue-green, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish. Three peg-marks on the rim.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Delftware bowl, floral decoration and an inscription, Bristol, probably Richard Frank, Redcliff Back, ca. 1760-1770.
Physical description
The interior has repeating motifs which may be Chinese flaming pearls and is inscribed Succes/ to the British/ Armes in manganese-purple. The exterior has repeating flower sprays in yellow, blue-green, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish. Three peg-marks on the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Diameter: 27cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Succes/ to the British/ Armes' (Decoration; painted; manganese purple)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
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
F36. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.106-1965

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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