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Delftware tobacco jar painted with a quay scene

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An image of Tobacco Jar painted in blue with a quay scene and labelled 'MACUBA'. The Three Bells Factory, United Provinces of the Netherlands, Delft. Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Height, whole, 25 cm, diameter, whole, 21.6 cm, diameter, cover, 13.3 cm, circa 1750 to 1820.

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Tobacco Jar painted in blue with a quay scene and labelled 'MACUBA'. The Three Bells Factory, United Provinces of the Netherlands, Delft. Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Height, whole, 25 cm, diameter, whole, 21.6 cm, diameter, cover, 13.3 cm, circa 1750 to 1820.

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  • Accession Number: C.65 & A-1997
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3D
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 1007 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 513.43kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 05:06:07

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18th Century 19th Century blue and white Delftware Dutch earthenware Fitz_AA glazed jar lidded Macuba quay rigging sailing sailing ship sailing vessels sailor sails shipping ships smoking The Three Bells Factory Three Bells Factory thrown tin-glazed tobacco tobacco jar vessel

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