Charger with vase of tulips and carnations
CultureEnglish
OriginLondon, England
PeriodCharles II (1649-1685)
Dateca.1660-1680
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
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
ca.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.622.1-2
Artist / Maker: Brantford Pottery
ca. 1860
Object number: G15.4.2