Vase
ca. 1750 (made)
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Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Seated Chinese man with a fan and another fishing in an oriental landscape with mountains, rocks, trees and foliage in blue. Body colour: Reddish buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the mouth with a few pin-holes.
Shape: Slightly concave underside with low foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Shape: Slightly concave underside with low foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably made by Thomas Cantle, Temple Back pottery, Bristol, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Seated Chinese man with a fan and another fishing in an oriental landscape with mountains, rocks, trees and foliage in blue. Body colour: Reddish buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the mouth with a few pin-holes. Shape: Slightly concave underside with low foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Object history | Mellor Bequest, 1963. |
| Production | Bristol (probably Temple Back, Thomas Cantle) |
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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 | I18. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.88-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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