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Plate

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

The front is covered with powdered 'dead-leaf' brown with the exception of nine reserved panels with alternating leaves and flower sprays on the border and a centre scene of a bird, fence, flowers and a flying insect in blue. The rim is in dark brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back, particularly at the rim.
Shape: Shape L with narrower 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
Bird, fence and flowers
Physical description
The front is covered with powdered 'dead-leaf' brown with the exception of nine reserved panels with alternating leaves and flower sprays on the border and a centre scene of a bird, fence, flowers and a flying insect in blue. The rim is in dark brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the back, particularly at the rim.
Shape: Shape L with narrower flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
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
B61. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.77-1965

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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