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Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker: C.2823.39-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed grey-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese. Within a circular medallion framed by two concentric lines, 'Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker'; barred ox-head corners. There is a hole in the top right and lower left 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: 0.9 cm
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1730 CE - 1760 CE

Note

The event depiced takes place in the Bible, Old Testament, Genesis 40: 8

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2823.39-1928
Primary reference Number: 15509
Old object number: 4479b

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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