Plate
1752 (made)
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A fully-rigged ship with a figure head of a lion (?) and seven guns and the inscription Diadem in blue. The back has the inscription Francis Gott/1752 in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the underside. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M with wider flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the underside. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas.
Shape: Shape M with wider flange. (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 in blue |
| Brief description | Plate decorated with a depiction of a fully-rigged ship and inscriptions |
| Physical description | A fully-rigged ship with a figure head of a lion (?) and seven guns and the inscription Diadem in blue. The back has the inscription Francis Gott/1752 in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the underside. Many small white dots in the glaze, particularly visible on painted areas. Shape: Shape M with wider flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst |
| Object history | Arthur Hurst Bequest, 1940. |
| Production | Bristol (may be Redcliff Back, Richard Frank) |
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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 | B237. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.84-1940 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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