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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1770-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware and painted. A central tree flanked by two rabbits with a geometric border in blue, green, red and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling on the back and much crazed.
Shape: Shape J with wider flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware and painted, made by Abigail Griffith, Lambeth High Street pottery, London, ca. 1770-1785
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware and painted. A central tree flanked by two rabbits with a geometric border in blue, green, red and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling on the back and much crazed.
Shape: Shape J with wider flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.7cm
Diameter: D. 22.7 cms (8 15/16 ins)
Credit line
Given by Mr Revel Oddy, the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
Object history
Given by Mr Revel Oddy, the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 1958.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street, Abigail Griffith before and during her partnership with Thomas Morgan)
Subjects 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
B48. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.36-1958

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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