IDENTIFIERS
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id:	15309
accession number:	C.15-1983

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Square, off-white, dust-pressed earthenware tile. Transfer printed design shows an allegorical figure of ‘Architecture’ holding an opened scroll and a pair of dividers, sitting on steps and leaning against a Corinthian capital. In the background are diagrams of two classically-inspired buildings; in the foreground, a set-square and plumb line. The figures and objects are filled with shaded blocks of colour. The woman’s under-shirt is blue, edged with yellow, and covered by a flowing magenta robe with green lining. Her hair, shoes and the capital are brown. The back of the tile is pressed into coffered squares, unglazed.
object type: Earthenware, transfer-printed, hand-painted and glazed, in painted wood frame
title:	tile

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Mrs Joan Eve, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the J.R.V. Smyth Fund.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15309

PEOPLE
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Hollins, Michael Daintry
Minton, Herbert
Campbell, Colin Minton
Prosser, Richard
Architecture

SUBJECTS
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architecture
architecture



TECHNIQUES
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dust-pressed earthenware moulded on one side, transfer-printed and hand-painted
dust-pressing
TECHNIQUES
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transfer-printing
TECHNIQUES
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painting

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware
category: dust-pressed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1875 - 1880
creation date earliest:	1875
creation date latest:	1880
culture:	19th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Minton Hollins & Co.
maker: unidentified artist

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 20.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20.5



CITATIONS
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Collecting Victorian Tiles
Tiles and Tilework of Europe
Minton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production
Minton 1798-1910
Dictionary of Minton
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IMAGES

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surrogate: original
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width: 570 pixels

surrogate: preview
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