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German earthenware plaque with mounted soldiers

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An image of Lead-glazed Earthenware / Plaque. Earthenware, moulded, decorated with slip, and lead-glazed, height, whole, 42 cm, width, whole, 35 cm, circa 1790-1795. Production Place: Germany, Lower Rhein, Sonsbeck. Attributed to Issum on accession, and reattributed to Sonsbeck in the exhibition Peasant Pottery of the Lower Rhine 17th-20th Century.

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Lead-glazed Earthenware / Plaque. Earthenware, moulded, decorated with slip, and lead-glazed, height, whole, 42 cm, width, whole, 35 cm, circa 1790-1795. Production Place: Germany, Lower Rhein, Sonsbeck. Attributed to Issum on accession, and reattributed to Sonsbeck in the exhibition Peasant Pottery of the Lower Rhine 17th-20th Century.

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  • Accession Number: C.1861-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 904 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.24MB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2013:05:03 16:24:19

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18th Century animals earthenware equestrian Fitz_AA German horseback horseman horses lead-glazed military plaque pottery slipware soldiers

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