Plate

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

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A bamboo, flowering shrubs and a flying insect in blue within a bianco-sopra-bianco border of geometric, floral and 'pine-cone' ornament.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M. (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
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably made by W. Jackson, J. Fortee, W. Griffith, Lambeth High Street pottery, London, ca. 1745-1750
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A bamboo, flowering shrubs and a flying insect in blue within a bianco-sopra-bianco border of geometric, floral and 'pine-cone' ornament.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.2cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr G. Atkins, Kensington, 1991.
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
B79. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.27-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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