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Tiles: C.2794-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Four tiles in a frame. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in bright blue. The four tiles form one repeat of the pattern. Each tile has a quarter circle in one corner, decorated with three spots, from which radiates a diaper panel, surmounted by a symmetrical arrangement of stylised ferns and flowers. In the opposite corner there is a quarter star, and in the two others a blue stripe with three reserved spots. On the two outer edges there are half flowers.

Notes

History note: London, about 1893

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
19th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1900 CE

Note

Dutch, Frisian (?)

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( bright blue)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2794-1928
Primary reference Number: 15599
Old object number: Gl. 486

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

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

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