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Factory: Wedgwood
Drabware with gilt edges. Oval, pierced by a large central hole, and four leaf sprays alternating with four groups of holes forming highly stylised plant motifs.
History note: Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge
Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
Height: 1.7 cm
Length: 38.8 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
Early 19th Century
George III
Circa
1815
-
1830
The first known mention of Drabware was in 1811 and it was made regularly from 1812. Production continued into the twentieth century. See Documentation.
Decoration composed of gold
with gilt edges
Drabware
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Drabware with gilt edges.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: Circular collectors' label printed in black. 'ROBERT & ELIZABETH HIRSCH . COLLECTION' reserved in a black border, surrounding in left top quarter 'R/No 18' over grapes, and in the right top quarter, 'E/No 17' over two stylised fish, with a border of dots and short lines round the lower half.
Accession number: C.7-1991
Primary reference Number: 12093
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Dish drainer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12093 Accessed: 2023-03-26 13:29:52
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-26 13:29:52|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: C.4-1991
Accession Number: C.8E-1977
Accession Number: C.3-1991
Accession Number: C.12 & A-1991
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