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Plate

ca. 1745-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The front is covered with powdered green with the exception of nine reserved panels with alternating flowers and birds on the border and a centre scene of a bamboo and flowers in red. The rim is in dark green.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, pooling on the back. Biscuit exposed at a few places on the back.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (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
Bamboo, flowers and birds
Physical description
The front is covered with powdered green with the exception of nine reserved panels with alternating flowers and birds on the border and a centre scene of a bamboo and flowers in red. The rim is in dark green.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White, pooling on the back. Biscuit exposed at a few places on the back.
Shape: Shape M with more upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.4cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1960.
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
B60. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.3-1960

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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