Flower Bowl
ca. 1760-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The top has three flower sprays and the outside has an oriental landscape with a figure, four houses, rocks, trees and hills in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. The foot-rim is wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: The top consists of two sheets of clay with a gap between them and pierced with an identical arrangement of holes, made as a single entity with the bowl. One larger circular hole and twenty-seven smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white. The foot-rim is wiped clean of glaze.
Shape: The top consists of two sheets of clay with a gap between them and pierced with an identical arrangement of holes, made as a single entity with the bowl. One larger circular hole and twenty-seven smaller ones. (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 | Flowers and an oriental landscape |
| Physical description | The top has three flower sprays and the outside has an oriental landscape with a figure, four houses, rocks, trees and hills in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. The foot-rim is wiped clean of glaze. Shape: The top consists of two sheets of clay with a gap between them and pierced with an identical arrangement of holes, made as a single entity with the bowl. One larger circular hole and twenty-seven smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Production | London (probably Lambeth High Street, Abigail Griffith) |
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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 | I6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.65-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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