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ca. 1755 - 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of five reserved panels of flowers in yellow, green, red, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling slightly on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (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
Flowers
Physical description
The front is covered with powdered manganese-purple with the exception of five reserved panels of flowers in yellow, green, red, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling slightly on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.6cm
Object history
Mellor Bequest, 1963.
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
B74. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.54-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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