Ceramics
London (Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe
1780-1790
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
2016.0034.016
Object Number2016.0034.016 |
Dish
Ceramics
Bequest of the estate of Nancy du Pont Cooch
London (Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe
Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith (makers), Lambeth High Street, Lambeth, London.
1780-1790
1. Label; Underside; "2016.34.16" (ink)
2. Label; Underside; "BALLOON ASCENT IN / ENGLAND - SEP 15th 1784 / BY THE ITALIAN AERONAUT / VINCENT LUNARDI" (ink, handwritten)
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
1.875 (H) , 13.75 (Diam)
4.762 (H) , 34.925 (Diam)
Measurements conducted by Cheryl Paine during collection review at donor's home in 2003.
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[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Two differently colored versions of this dish: col. pls. 49-50 & p. 124, nos. B.15-16, the former most like Bmt24 in details. Both Archer examples listed as London, Lambeth High Street, by Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith, 1785 or a little later.
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Variation on same scene on dish with much the same border, also shows print; no. 364, attrib. London, c. 1785
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• For discussion of theme: vol. 2, D95-96
[Book] Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Similarly decorated dish and different balloon ascension plate: pp. 86-88, nos. 45-46. See for discussion of subject. No. 46 commemorated Blanchard ascension
[Book] Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Two balloon ascension plates and a dish: nos. 10.50-.52, with the latter two much more like the Bmt24 dish