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Dish
1780-1790
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2016.0034.016
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of the estate of Nancy du Pont Cooch
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Object Number
2016.0034.016
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith (makers), Lambeth High Street, Lambeth, London.
Date
1780-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "2016.34.16" (ink)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "BALLOON ASCENT IN / ENGLAND - SEP 15th 1784 / BY THE ITALIAN AERONAUT / VINCENT LUNARDI" (ink, handwritten)
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Balloon ascensions
- Ballooning
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Dimensions (inches)
1.875 (H) x 13.75 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.762 (H) x 34.925 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurements conducted by Cheryl Paine during collection review at donor's home in 2003.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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. 1785Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• For discussion of theme: vol. 2, D95-96Book: 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 ascensionBook: 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