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Snap Dragon: GPL.22-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Snap Dragon

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. On the top 'Snap Dragon' after a music cover 'Snap Dragon Polka', inscribed 'SNAP DRAGON'; border Fig. VIII a (Williams-Wood, p. 103).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
After 1856 - Circa 1900

School or Style

Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: 9th August, 1856

  • Location: Within picture on pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Registration mark
  • Text: SNAP DRAGON
  • Method of creation: Printed

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.22-1928
Primary reference Number: 14551
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snap Dragon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14551 Accessed: 2024-03-28 14:22:08

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