Object Number 1959.1879

Object Name

Bowl

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Bristol or London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1704-1711

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Interior; Underglaze painted "DM"

Subjects

Military

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Hand modeled, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

2.6 (H) , 9.1 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.7 (H) , 23 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Similar form and subject with "DM" but portrait probably after different inspiration: vol. 2, no. 213, D188, Bristol or London, 1704-11
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• "Blue dash charger" with different portrayal of Marlborough: vol. 2, pp. 70-71, D39, showing him standing in exterior as military hero in armor with baton
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1968 English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
• Similar form, wavy-edge bowls with floral motifs: pp. 183-4 & pl. 55, nos. 106-8, attributed to Brislington or Bristol, 1700-30
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Similar form, wavy-edge bowl with Chinese fence and flower motifs: col. pl. 196, no. F.24, Bristol, possibly Limekiln Lane factory, c. 1735-45; see also F.23.
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Brief history of Marlborough: vol. 2, pp. 15-16