Dish
ca. 1620-1640 (made)
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Geometric decoration in blue, yellow and ochre. Three stilt marks on the front (9 cms point to point).
Body colour: Reddish buff with red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. Slightly greenish lead-glaze with some areas of tin-glaze particularly near the rim, probably over a pale slip, covers the entire back. The foot-rim ha been wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Reddish buff with red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. Slightly greenish lead-glaze with some areas of tin-glaze particularly near the rim, probably over a pale slip, covers the entire back. The foot-rim ha been wiped almost entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot 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 | Geometric dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours; made by Rotherhithe pottery, London (Southwark or Rotherhithe) or Netherlandish, ca. 1620-1640 |
| Physical description | Geometric decoration in blue, yellow and ochre. Three stilt marks on the front (9 cms point to point). Body colour: Reddish buff with red streaks. Glaze: Dull white. Slightly greenish lead-glaze with some areas of tin-glaze particularly near the rim, probably over a pale slip, covers the entire back. The foot-rim ha been wiped almost entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Shape B without groove at rim. Foot pierced with one hole before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Rev. E.A. Downman, Ilford, Essex, 1920. Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 19. |
| Production | London (Southwark or Rotherhithe) or Netherlandish |
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| 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 | A43. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.850-1920 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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