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Charger

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1770

GUSN

GUSN-2474

Description

Bristol delftware charger, with scalloped edge and deep, curved well, displaying Bianco-Sopa-Bianco decoration and chinoiserie landscape to center in underglaze blue, [illeg.] purple and some overglaze yellow.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chargers (platters)
delftware
earthenware
molding (forming)
glazing (coating)
tin glaze
oxidation
tin (metal)
Chinoiserie
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Tin Oxide
Molded
Chinoiserie
Delftware
Bianco Sopra Bianco
CHARGER

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Bristol, England

Dimensions

13.75 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.500

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