Dish
ca. 1665-1685 (made)
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Three tulip blooms with leaves rise from a low mound in blue, turquoise green and manganese-purple. The back has a letter B in manganese-purple. Two blue lines at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (8.5 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White. A lead glaze with pale turquoise pools and streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back. Three prominent stilt points adhere to the foot-rim (7.5 cms point to point).
Shape: Shape B with sharply everted rim without a groove. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White. A lead glaze with pale turquoise pools and streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back. Three prominent stilt points adhere to the foot-rim (7.5 cms point to point).
Shape: Shape B with sharply everted rim without a groove. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Dish with depictions of tulips and a letter B |
| Physical description | Three tulip blooms with leaves rise from a low mound in blue, turquoise green and manganese-purple. The back has a letter B in manganese-purple. Two blue lines at the rim. Three stilt marks on the front (8.5 cms point to point). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: White. A lead glaze with pale turquoise pools and streaks radiating from the foot over a pale slip covers the entire back. Three prominent stilt points adhere to the foot-rim (7.5 cms point to point). Shape: Shape B with sharply everted rim without a groove. Foot-rim pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | B. (Back) |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr G. Atkins, Kensington, 1991. |
| Production | London (Southwark or Lambeth, Norfolk House) |
| 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 | A24. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.147-1991 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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