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Plate

ca. 1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Redcliff Back (manufacturer)
Frank, Richard (producer)
Place of origin
Redcliff Back (made)

A horseman in a landscape with trees and buildings in blue. The back has three edge-grasses on the flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white with fine blue specks throughout, pooling and dribbling on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Dish decorated with a depiction of a horseman in a landscape
Physical description
A horseman in a landscape with trees and buildings in blue. The back has three edge-grasses on the flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white with fine blue specks throughout, pooling and dribbling on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Diameter: D. 26.7 cms (10 1/2 ins)
Credit line
Given by Miss M. Bowden-Smith
Object history
Given by Miss M. Bowden-Smith, London, 1942.
Exhibited: Rijksmusesum, No: 114.
Production
Probably Bristol (may be Redcliffe Back, Richard Frank)
Subjects depicted
Horseman
Landscape
Tree
Buildings
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
  • Garner, p.30, Pl: 76.B. Garner and Archer, pp.38, 40, Pl: 99.B.
Other number
B225. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.127-1942

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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