Rebecca and the Servant of Abraham at the Well
Uncertain
unidentified London pottery
(Pottery)
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in manganese. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, 'Rebecca and the Servant of Abraham at the Well'; in the background two men with two camels; barred ox-head corners. There is a hole in the topright and in the lower left corner.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The action depicted is described in the Bible, Old Testament, Genesis 24: 45-46. The tile is one of six in the collection decorated with different versions of the subject
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese) Front composed of tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2824F-1928
Primary reference Number: 15514
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Rebecca and the Servant of Abraham at the Well"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15514 Accessed: 2022-06-27 13:32:42
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Accession Number: C.2824B-1928
Accession Number: C.2824E-1928
Accession Number: C.2824C-1928
Accession Number: C.2824D-1928
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