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The Blue Boy: GPL.68 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Blue Boy

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Pot with lid. White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. On the top 'The Blue Boy', after Thomas Gainsborough; purple seaweed on sides. On cylindrical pot with splayed base decorated with purple seaweed.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa 1850 CE - 1900 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Pot Diameter 10.6 cm
Lid Diameter 12 cm
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

  • Text: 87/FEB.4.1925/BRIGHTON/S.A.
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.68 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 14669

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "The Blue Boy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14669 Accessed: 2025-12-05 18:06:58

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