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Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
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.
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
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.9 cm
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The event depiced takes place in the Bible, Old Testament, Genesis 40: 8
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( greyish-white)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( manganese)
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2823.39-1928
Primary reference Number: 15509
Old object number: 4479b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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