Object Number 1956.0038.037

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Lambeth, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1783-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Red sawtooth bordered label with "1765/ on 81" in pencil

Subjects

Balloon ascensions; History; Sporting events; Sports; Ballooning

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.339 (H) , 9.154 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.4 (H) , 23.25 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Brulon, Dorothée Guillemé. 1998 Histoire de la Faience Francaise. Paris- Rouen: Sources et rayonnement.
• French examples commemorating the balloon experiments: p. 93
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Delft dishes commemorating Vincenzo Lunardi (1784) and Jeanne-Pierre-Francoise Balnchard & Dr. John Jeffries (1785) balloon ascensions over London: vol. 2, nos. D95-6, Lambeth London, c. 1785
[Book] Britton, Frank. 1987 London Delftware.
• Delft dishes and print sources portraying Lunardi and Blanchard ascentions: pp. 164-5, nos. 163-4.