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A Bird perching on a Tree Stump
Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange-red and manganese. In the middle, a bird, facing to the left, perching on a tree stump.
History note: Unknown before Spencer George Perceval
S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922
Depth: 0.7 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1775
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange-red and manganese)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff, fine-grained Earthenware
Accession number: PER.C.24-1922
Primary reference Number: 15425
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Bird perching on a Tree Stump" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15425 Accessed: 2024-11-08 20:41:31
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