Tea Bowl

ca. 1735-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The exterior has a pierced rock with flowers and leaves in blue, red, yellow, green and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Bluish white.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tea bowl with a rock and flowers depicted on it
Physical description
The exterior has a pierced rock with flowers and leaves in blue, red, yellow, green and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Much restored.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.2cm
Height: Ht. 4.5 cms (1 3/4 ins).() Diameter: D. 7.2 cms (2 13/16 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street or 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
H5. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.260-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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