Charger with flowers in a vase
CultureEnglish
OriginBristol, Bristol, England
PeriodCharles II (1649-1685)
Datec.1660-1680
MediumDelftware, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 41.5 cm (3 3/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBlue-dash charger, with an arrangement of tulips and carnations issuing from an almost spherical vase. The centre is painted with a yellow sun with a human face and enclosed by petals. It is encircled by a blue-dash everted rim, and the reverse with a mottled straw-coloured glaze. It is painted in a palette of ochre, yellow, copper-green and blue.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.428
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English Earthenware - DelftwareStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Johann Gottfried Klinger
c.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.622.1-2
