15929996520001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74735170810661467316614281460001708106603488fitz-onlineadlib-object-74735https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74735f446b6ab-f7e8-3518-8071-9679357d8fd65personreferenceagent-150801adlib-agent-150801fce1672b-fc3b-3552-acac-54e1fa435ec1Absalomreferenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwareblue from cobaltreferenceterm-110730adlib-term-110730dae0f074-4d74-3f73-9137-7e8bbb36a2cehigh-temperature colourDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingApplied Artstin-glazed earthenware painted in blue; the Death of Absalom, with other figures, detached sprigs, animals, and buildings; inscribed on the back 'EW/widdor January/ye 20 Day A yard/1703Reddish-buff earthenware with very pale turquoise glaze, painted in blue. Circular with a wide rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre, standing on a footring. Decorated in the middle with the 'Death of Absalom' and over the rest of the flat area with scattered motifs of a tall building, houses, figures of men and animals, floral sprigs and trees. The rim is decorated with similar motifs, the animals and figures orientated with their feet near the outer edge. The back is inscribed within the footing 'E:W/Widdor January/te 20 Day A yard/1703'. The back of the well is decorated with groups of four small circles alternating with larger circles, and the rim with striped ovals alternating with crossed batons with leaves in the spaces.referenceexhibition-1682adlib-exhibition-16824e7148c5-e3d5-3b39-8195-7ad42d347c5fVariations on Ceramic Themes, Big is Beautiful?C.38-19341accession numberC.38-193474735priref74735193419341934Glaisher additions numberGl.Add.55-1934urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74735https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74735on back inside footringpainted in blueEW/Widdor January/ye 20 Day A yard / 1703inscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-161667adlib-agent-161667588716ef-7bdc-3131-944b-136ff7665c04Puttick & Simpson193419341934-11-20boughtthe date given was the date of the sale at which purchased1703CE1703dated1703probablypotteryreferenceagent-161437adlib-agent-161437dea10bf3-4dae-3014-8cda-908887663785Brislington PotteryThis style of the decoration of this huge dish was influenced by seventeenth-century Ligurian maiolica which was imported into England. The central motif was taken from the Old Testament, when Absalom, while fleeing on horseback caught his long hair in a tree, and was subsequently captured and killed.referenceterm-106655adlib-term-106655ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec18th Century, Early#referenceterm-15502adlib-term-15502c3de03e7-e283-3b8c-b584-b032b3ee7eceQueen Annereferenceterm-106700adlib-term-106700a1f742d5-f39a-3ac4-9905-3f2c8bdf3612literalEnglandEnglandcountryprobablyBristolreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountrypossiblyLondonpale turquoisereferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazereddish-buffreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm56.5referencemedia-170457adlib-media-170457454f73f0-845b-3b40-9454-5fefa5b0b39cjpegaa/aa27/C_38_1934.jpg1heightpixels744widthpixels76016162516026871imagejpegaa/aa27/mid_C_38_1934.jpg1heightpixels489widthpixels50016162516026871imagejpegaa/aa27/C_38_1934.jpg1heightpixels744widthpixels76016162516026871imagejpegaa/aa27/preview_C_38_1934.jpg1heightpixels245widthpixels25016162516026871image0media
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imagereferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishobject namereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwarecategoryhistory noteCecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke; sold Puttick & Simpson, 20-23 November 1934, Catalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery, the property of the Rt Hon. Lord Revelstoke, third day, 22 November, p. 46, lot 554.1referenceobject-74962adlib-object-74962bc2ca048-b51a-3341-8997-6518edad5b681reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjugreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-7174adlib-publication-7174c781a69c-28ed-38e1-a407-54f8ee3ca3daCatalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord RevelstokePubl. pp. 66-7, no. 23566-7referencepublication-2350adlib-publication-23505aab1afa-9420-3434-bf6d-916548bbc26bDated English DelftwarePubl. p. 515 16 lower right, the reverse; p. 519, pl. 26, the front515referencepublication-200002229adlib-publication-20000222900b097ce-da29-3220-8c3d-2df2c79bb212Delftware Chinoiserie at Brislington in the late Seventeenth and early Eighteenth CenturiesPubl. p. 137, no. B.86137referencepublication-7519adlib-publication-751966216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museumanimalreferenceterm-118890adlib-term-118890ea7c42bb-5706-36b1-b276-500b1ad2f9edhorsenamed eventreferenceterm-127107adlib-term-127107cdafde7e-0fe6-386c-ae59-eb89c10393f3Death of AbsalomliteralhorsehorseliteralDeath of AbsalomDeath of Absalomreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishreddish-buff earthenware with pale turquoise glaze, painted in cobalt-bluereferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingobject
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