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Food-Warmer

ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The front has scrolls, floral decoration and cupid's wings below the head. The back has two flowering plants. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Greenish white and finely crazed.
Shape: The cylindrical body would have had a strap handle of oval section on each side. There are two identical press-moulded human heads applied at the front and back and four quatrefoil pierced holes to vent the interior. (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
Food warmer decorated with depictions of flowers and leaves
Physical description
The front has scrolls, floral decoration and cupid's wings below the head. The back has two flowering plants. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Greenish white and finely crazed.
Shape: The cylindrical body would have had a strap handle of oval section on each side. There are two identical press-moulded human heads applied at the front and back and four quatrefoil pierced holes to vent the interior. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.3cm
  • Diameter: 12cm
Height: Ht. 16.3 cms (6 7/16 ins).() Diameter: D. 12 cms (4 3/4 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street, Abigail Griffith)
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
H21. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.262-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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