Dish
ca. 1680-1690 (made)
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Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with blue enamel. In the centre is a Chinese figure seated in a landscape. Surrounded by a border of geometric motifs in blue with manganese purple outlines. Dark buff body; Pale turquoise glaze with fine crazing front and back. Press-moulded shape with flat underside without foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with blue enamel |
| Brief description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with blue enamel, possibly Norfolk House pottery, London, ca. 1680-1690. |
| Physical description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with blue enamel. In the centre is a Chinese figure seated in a landscape. Surrounded by a border of geometric motifs in blue with manganese purple outlines. Dark buff body; Pale turquoise glaze with fine crazing front and back. Press-moulded shape with flat underside without foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997). |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
| Object history | Given by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art Collections Fund, 1926. |
| Production | Probably London (may be Norfolk House) |
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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 | A64. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.626-1926 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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