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Drainer (Fish strainer)
1740-1780
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Netherlands; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1964.0674
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.0674
Object Name
Drainer (Fish strainer)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Netherlands; Europe
Date
1740-1780
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
2 (H) x 16.4 (L) x 13.7 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.2 (H) x 41.7 (L) x 34.9 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: van Dam, Jan Daniel. 2004 Delffse Porceleyne/Dutch Delftware 1620-1850.
• Dutch fish strainer portraying chinoiserie scene: p. 185, pl. 132, c. 1740- 1780. Notes that fish are more customary decoration.Book: Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Similar form, decorated with fish: pp. 96-97, no. 54, possibly Delft, Holland, c. 1750. For different form (rectangular) strainer with fish, see no. 9.26.Book: Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Similar form, decorated with fish: p. 134, no. 9.25, perhaps Bristol, c. 1700Book: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• English strainer or fish drainer with attached bowl and fish border: p. 199, no. 400, probably London, c. 1750