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On display
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Bowl

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street Pottery (manufacturer)
Griffith, Abigail (producer)
Place of origin
Lambeth High Street (made)

Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware. The interior has four fishes in blue. The exterior and the whole of the underside within the foot is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of three reserved panels of fishes in blue. Finger marks are apparent on the powdered pigment. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Bowl, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with fishes, probably Lambeth High Street pottery, London, ca. 1770-1780
Physical description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware. The interior has four fishes in blue. The exterior and the whole of the underside within the foot is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of three reserved panels of fishes in blue. Finger marks are apparent on the powdered pigment. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 23.3cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Mrs Smith, Barnes, London, to the Museum of Practical Geology in 1859. Transferred, 1901.
Subject depicted
Fish
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
  • M.P.G. 1871, Y. 16. M.P.G. 1876, Y. 22.
Other number
B78. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3849-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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