The Breakfast Party
Factory: T. J. & J. Mayer
White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'The Breakfast Party'; border of two narrow black lines; white surround marbled very lightly in purple; black key plate.
History note: Possibly bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 12.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa
1849
-
1900
See p. 101 Williams-Wood, 1972, where the date is given as c.1849. The Fitzwilliam Museum example is the early version which includes a blue plate.
Decoration
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print, black key plate
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: GPL.242-1928
Primary reference Number: 14944
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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