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Dish

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

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A coastal scene with figures, ships, a boat, trees and a landscape with buildings sponged and painted in blue. Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly on the flange on the back. Glaze barely covers body in an area at the centre of the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with figures in a landscape, Bristol, ca. 1750-1770
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A coastal scene with figures, ships, a boat, trees and a landscape with buildings sponged and painted in blue. Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling slightly on the flange on the back. Glaze barely covers body in an area at the centre of the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 37.6cm
Diameter: D. 37.6 cms (14 13/16 ins)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Mellor Bequest, 1947.
Production
Bristol (probably Redcliff Back, Richard Frank)
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Figure
Ship
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
  • G. Mellor, 'Bristol Delftware', E.C.C. Trans, Vol: I, No. 2, 1934, p.26, Pl: XI d. Honey, p.45, Pl: IV.c.
Other number
B232. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.91-1947

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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