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Dish (Potting pot)
1685-1700
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.2424
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2424
Object Name
Dish (Potting pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London (Lambeth); England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1685-1700
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
3.3 (H) x 4.9 (W) x 6.7 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.4 (H) x 12.4 (W) x 16.9 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Excavated chinoiserie bleu persan oval example: p. 201, Domestic site adjacent to Chiswell House, Chiswell-Bucktrout House. Although also portraying a chinoiserie landscape, the Williamsburg example is painted in a different pattern from the pot at WinteArticle: Scarlett, Sarah Fayen. 2011 The Chinese Scholar Pattern: Style, Merchant Identity, and the English Imagination. Ceramics in America. 2-45.
• Excavated chinoiserie bleu persan oval example: p. 7, fig. 10, fragmentary, from domestic site adjacent to Chiswell-Bucktrout House, Williamsburg, Virginia.Book: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Bleu persan spade-shaped potting pot and oval blue-on-white potting pots: pp. 200-201, nos., 401-403, all probably London, 2 c. 1690, one c. 1770.