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Swiss Peasant Girl: C.3160B-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Swiss Peasant Girl

Maker(s)

Factory: Rockingham China Works

Entities

Categories

Description

Biscuit porcelain, moulded and gilded; a pair with Swiss Boy C.3160A-1928

Notes

History note: Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, by whom given on 28 September 1927 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.

Dating

1820s
Circa 1826 - 1830

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: over a griffin impressed

  • Text: ROCKINGHAM/WORKS/BRAMELD
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3160B-1928
Primary reference Number: 140228
Old object number: 4969b
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025 Last processed: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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