Bowl
ca. 1775 (made)
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The interior of the bowl has a flower spray with a border of geometric ornament, the exterior has two bands of floral decoration. The plate has two bands of flowers identical to those on the exterior of the bowl. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in greenish brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, pooling on the underside and finely crazed. Three peg-marks on the underside of the plate.
Shape: Bowl and plate are made as a single entity. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, pooling on the underside and finely crazed. Three peg-marks on the underside of the plate.
Shape: Bowl and plate are made as a single entity. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Delftware butter dish with attached plate, floral and geometric decoration, London (Lambeth High Street, Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith), ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | The interior of the bowl has a flower spray with a border of geometric ornament, the exterior has two bands of floral decoration. The plate has two bands of flowers identical to those on the exterior of the bowl. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in greenish brown. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, pooling on the underside and finely crazed. Three peg-marks on the underside of the plate. Shape: Bowl and plate are made as a single entity. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Object history | Mellor Bequest, 1963. |
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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 | F52. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.7-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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