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

Figure

ca. 1690-1695 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The head has a projection above it, possibly the remains of a crown. The right hand holds a rod or sceptre in yellow. The bottom of the skirt has wide vertical blue lines and thin black ones, with an area of pale turquoise green. All the rest of the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Pinkish white.
Shape: Two fragments possibly press-moulded, joined in the middle by restoration. The upper part is the trunk of a female. The lower part is the bottom of a skirt. (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
Naturalistic figure probably representing Mary II
Physical description
The head has a projection above it, possibly the remains of a crown. The right hand holds a rod or sceptre in yellow. The bottom of the skirt has wide vertical blue lines and thin black ones, with an area of pale turquoise green. All the rest of the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Pinkish white.
Shape: Two fragments possibly press-moulded, joined in the middle by restoration. The upper part is the trunk of a female. The lower part is the bottom of a skirt. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.3cm
  • Width: 4.9cm
Height: Ht. 10.3 cms (4 1/16 ins).() Width: W. 4.9 cms (1 15/16 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (probably Norfolk House)
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
L3. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.255-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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