Flower Brick
c.1760 (made)
| Place of origin |
The brick is rectangular, the sides of the base being cut to form bracket feet at the corners. The top is pierced with one large central rectangular hole, with two rows of three small circular holes on either side of it. Painted with sprays of flowers and leaves in 'Fazackerly' style, in green, blue, yellow, purple and reddish brown.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Flower-brick, tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) painted in colours. English (Bristol), c. 1760 |
| Physical description | The brick is rectangular, the sides of the base being cut to form bracket feet at the corners. The top is pierced with one large central rectangular hole, with two rows of three small circular holes on either side of it. Painted with sprays of flowers and leaves in 'Fazackerly' style, in green, blue, yellow, purple and reddish brown. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by M. G. A. Graham |
| Object history | Malcolm G. A. Graham Bequest, 1952. |
| Subject depicted | |
| 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 | I11. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.83-1952 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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