An English delft polychrome floor-tile, a brown-glazed pottery chamber-pot, a pottery dish and a pot
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An English delft polychrome floor-tile, a brown-glazed pottery chamber-pot, a pottery dish and a pot

THE FIRST EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SOUTHWARK, MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBER 122/1 IN BLACK, THE REMAINDER POSSIBLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY, MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBERS 95, 53 AND 93 IN BLACK

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An English delft polychrome floor-tile, a brown-glazed pottery chamber-pot, a pottery dish and a pot
The first early seventeenth century, possibly Southwark, museum inventory number 122/1 in black, the remainder possibly fourteenth century, museum inventory numbers 95, 53 and 93 in black
The first painted in shades of blue, green and ochre with a chequed pattern within concentric manganese and blue lines, the corners painted with flower-heads (some chipping); the chamber-pot of typical form, enriched in a brown-glaze (chip to rim and handle, minor glaze chipping); the two-handled shallow-dish enriched to the interior with a green-glaze (cracked); the bowl with flattened rim, enriched to the exterior with a green glaze (extensively chipped)
The first 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) square
Cf. Frank Britton, London Delftware (London, 1986), p. 172, pl. 187 for a similar floor-tile. (3)
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