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Jonah Cast Up by the Whale: C.2823.11-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jonah Cast Up by the Whale

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

Entities

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, 'Jonah Cast Up by the Whale'; barred ox-head corners. There is a hole in the top left and lower right corner.

Notes

History note: From a fireplace surround in the upper room at Sennitts’, the Butcher’s, 17 Peas Hill, Cambridge' bought by Stanley Woolston, Cambridge and sold on 26 August 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
George II
Circa 1730 CE - 1760 CE

Note

The event depicted is described in the Bible, Jonah 2: 10

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Front composed of tin-glaze ( greysh-white)
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( manganese)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2823.11-1928
Primary reference Number: 15478
Old object number: 4479a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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