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Coffee pot: C.3165 & A-1928

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Unknown

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain decorated with applied prunus-blossom in imitation of blanc-de-chine.; pewter cover with a medallion of peasants drinking and inscription ‘NACH HAVS MIT DIR WAS SAVFTS ALHIER’. Mark: crossed swords underglaze in blue. German, Meissen, c. 1750

Notes

History note: Purchased in Dresden, 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1750

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3165 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 140230
Old object number: 4356
Old object number: 1591
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 18 June 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 17 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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