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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Bowl

1766 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jackson, William (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Punch bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has a fully-rigged ship and the inscription 'Success to the Friend / Ship 1766'. The figurehead is in the form of a crowned lion. The flags and parts of the ship are painted in a brownish red. All the rest of the decoration inside and outside is in blue. The exterior has two sprays of flowers and leaves.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Enamel
Painted
Brief description
Delftware punch bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, possibly painted by William Jackson, Liverpool, 1766.
Physical description
Punch bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has a fully-rigged ship and the inscription 'Success to the Friend / Ship 1766'. The figurehead is in the form of a crowned lion. The flags and parts of the ship are painted in a brownish red. All the rest of the decoration inside and outside is in blue. The exterior has two sprays of flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.4cm
  • Diameter: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Success to the Friend / Ship 1766' (Interior, in bottom of bowl.; painted)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted
Floral Patterns
Ships
Leaves
Lion
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • M.P.G. 1871 and 1876, S.15. Lipski and Archer, No: 1198.
Other number
F42. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3621-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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