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Royal Harbour, Ramsgate - from the Jetty: GPL.190-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Royal Harbour, Ramsgate - from the Jetty

Maker(s)

Factory: Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Painter: Bartlett, William Henry (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'Royal Harbour, Ramsgate - from the Jetty', after W.H. Bartlett, inscribed 'ROYAL HARBOUR RAMSGATE'; border of two narrow black lines and outer edgeing pyramids on a yellow ground.

Notes

History note: Bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 12.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Shelton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

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

Note

The design is taken from the frontispiece to Bartlett's Watering Places of Great Britain and Fashionable Directory, c. 1835

School or Style

Victorian

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

  • Text: ROYAL HARBOUR RAMSGATE
  • Location: On top of pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: 163/OCT.19.1924/BOUGHT FROM/S. WOOLSTON
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.190-1928
Primary reference Number: 14887
Stable URI

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Royal Harbour, Ramsgate - from the Jetty" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14887 Accessed: 2024-11-15 07:26:34

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14887 |title=Royal Harbour, Ramsgate - from the Jetty |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-15 07:26:34|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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