Water Bottle
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
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Water bottle of tin-glazed earthenware and with painted decoration. Two chinese figures in a landscape with rocks, trees, houses and a flower spray with rococo scroll on the neck in blue. Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Upper part of neck missing.
Glaze: Greenish white with slightly turquoise areas and lightly crazed. The underside wiped largely clean of glaze.
Shape: Markedly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Condition: Upper part of neck missing.
Glaze: Greenish white with slightly turquoise areas and lightly crazed. The underside wiped largely clean of glaze.
Shape: Markedly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Water bottle of earthenware with painted decoration, probably made by Abigail Griffith , Lambeth High Street, London, ca. 1770-1780. |
| Physical description | Water bottle of tin-glazed earthenware and with painted decoration. Two chinese figures in a landscape with rocks, trees, houses and a flower spray with rococo scroll on the neck in blue. Body colour: Buff. Condition: Upper part of neck missing. Glaze: Greenish white with slightly turquoise areas and lightly crazed. The underside wiped largely clean of glaze. Shape: Markedly concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1924. |
| Production | Probably produced at Lambeth High Street by Abigail Griffith before and during her partnership with Thomas Morgan |
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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 | E21. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.948-1924 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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