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Description: | Flat slab-built oven door of rectangular form with rounded arched top and two slight projections along base, acting as feet. Two heavy loop handles positioned vertically in centre of door, with conical thumb finials at upper terminals (one broken). Outer side and handles coated with a thick white slip, decorated with incised sgraffito patterns comprising formalised tulip motif above handles, and two flowering plants flanking handles to left and right above two large circles containing formalised six-petalled flower heads. Pattern motifs and inscription outlined with borders of tiny impressed dashes. Handles decorated with incised borders of interlinking S-scrolls.
Material: ceramics
Material: earthenware
Material: slab-built
Material: slip-coated
Material: incised
Material: sgraffito
Material: lead-glazed
oven door made in Devon (possibily?), Britain, Europe, 1758, (1923.195). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2417 | Go to resource |
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