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Tile: C.2795-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: unidentified Dutch pottery

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Categories

Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. A soldier wearing armour and a helmet with a feather in it, riding a horse walking to the right; in each corner, a fleur-de-lis.

Notes

History note: Mr Rudd, 106 High St., Southampton from whom purchased with seven other tiles for £3.10s. on 26th May, 1916 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College Cambridge. Four of the tiles were taken and paid for by Mrs W.D. Dickson of Bournemouth.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 13.1 cm
0.8

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2795-1928
Primary reference Number: 15600
Old object number: Gl. 4715
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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