Not on display

Bowl and Cover

ca.1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Bowl and cover (butter dish), covered with a glaze mottled with green and manganese-purple, and decorated with gilding. Cylindrical, with fluted sides and flat cover.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Bowl and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl Cover
  • Bowl Body
Materials and techniques
earthenware, glazed and gilded
Earthenware
Brief description
Bowl and cover (butter dish), earthenware, Staffordshire, ca.1800
Physical description
Bowl and cover (butter dish), covered with a glaze mottled with green and manganese-purple, and decorated with gilding. Cylindrical, with fluted sides and flat cover.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
converetd from register
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions


  • Note
    Several 'T' shaped marks scratched into the glaze to base - probably not intentaional and owing to wear and tear.



  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by J.H. Fitzhenry, Esq.
Object history
Given by J.H. Fitzhenry, Esq.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
895A-1905

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O239303/bowl-and-cover-unknown/
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