Water Bottle
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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A large rock-like form with holes, flowers, leaves with sgraffito decoration, a vase containing a peacock feather and a flowering branch with a band of geometric ornament below the mouth, perhaps representing repeated 'Cash' motifs, one of the 'Eight Precious Things', in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Water bottle with depictions of a rock, flowers and a vase |
| Physical description | A large rock-like form with holes, flowers, leaves with sgraffito decoration, a vase containing a peacock feather and a flowering branch with a band of geometric ornament below the mouth, perhaps representing repeated 'Cash' motifs, one of the 'Eight Precious Things', in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1950. |
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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 | E19. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.416-1950 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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