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Factory: Vezzi Porcelain Manufactory
Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red enamel and gilded. The central area is decorated with a man asleep under a tree, and the flange with a bird in flight, a running hare, and buildings.
History note: Tilley & Co. from whom purchased for £11.0.0 by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 21 cm
Height: 2.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1945) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Circa 1720 CE - 1727 CE
This was the only recorded Vezzi plate until the sale of a plate with polychrome decoration in 1981
Decoration composed of enamel ( red) gold
Inscription present: the A is raised and smaller
Accession number: EC.32-1945
Primary reference Number: 140427
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: E.278.1900
Accession Number: C.183B-1934
Accession Number: C.183C-1934
Accession Number: C.3-1969
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