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Plate

1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Redcliff Back Pottery (manufacturer)
Frank, Richard (producer)
Place of origin
Redcliff Back (made)

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. With an oriental coastal landscape with five Chinese figures, a bridge, fences, a pavilion and a tree in yellow, blue and manganese-purple within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco foliate, diaper and geometric ornament. Shape L with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and moulded
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Moulded
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, shape L with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim, probably made by Richard Frank, probably at Redcliff Back pottery, Redcliff Back, 1760.
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. With an oriental coastal landscape with five Chinese figures, a bridge, fences, a pavilion and a tree in yellow, blue and manganese-purple within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco foliate, diaper and geometric ornament. Shape L with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Cornelius Dixon / Norwich / 1760' (Insribed on the back, within the foot-rim in blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
In the collection of J. Mills, 1866. Given by the Rev. S.B. Turner to the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, between 1866 and 1871. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted
Figures (Representations)
Bridge
Fences
Pavilion
Trees
Coastline
Fluted
Scalloped
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
  • Chaffers, Marks and Monograms, 13th edition, London, 1912, p.855, listed as 'Lowestoft Ware'. M.P.G. 1871, V.6. M.P.G. 1876, V.8. Lipski and Archer, No: 608.
  • Archer, Michael,English Delftware. Engels Delfts aardewerk. Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum, 1973 no.145
Other number
B86. - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3704-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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