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

Dish

1694-1705 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bristol (made)

Circular dish with a shallow groove at rim, painted in blue, with details in greenish-blue and brown, with a standing figure of King William III (1689-1702), in royal robes and armour and with the initials "W R.". On either side of the King a roughly painted tree. On the rim, a border of blue spots. The underside covered with a yellowish lead glaze. Buff earthenware body with white tin glaze.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Delftware. Dish, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, England, 1694-1705.
Physical description
Circular dish with a shallow groove at rim, painted in blue, with details in greenish-blue and brown, with a standing figure of King William III (1689-1702), in royal robes and armour and with the initials "W R.". On either side of the King a roughly painted tree. On the rim, a border of blue spots. The underside covered with a yellowish lead glaze. Buff earthenware body with white tin glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35cm
  • Height: 8cm
Height: 3 1/8 ins Diameter: 13 3/4 ins
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'W R' (Inscription flanked the head of the figure)
  • Three stilt marks (On the front (8.5/9.5 cms point to point))
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Dr. H. W. Diamond. Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885.
Subject depicted
William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Prince of Orange)
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Lady Schreiber addendum, No: 823.B.
  • Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 2.
Other numbers
  • 414:823/B-1885 - Incorrect number
  • A 11 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 7 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
310:4-1889

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2000
Record URL
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