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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of an octagonal reserved panel with a bowl of flowers in powdered manganese-purple and a border of alternating flower-sprays and diaper ornament in sgraffito.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling at the rim on the back.
Shape: Shape H. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware decorated in manganese with a bowl of flowers. England, Wincanton, c.1740
Physical description
The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of an octagonal reserved panel with a bowl of flowers in powdered manganese-purple and a border of alternating flower-sprays and diaper ornament in sgraffito.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, dribbling at the rim on the back.
Shape: Shape H. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.8cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1957.
Subjects 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
B51. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.73-1957

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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