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Job and his Comforters
Production: Unknown
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'Job and his Comforters'. Inscribed below, 'Job:2:11'. There is a hole near the lower left corner.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.7 cm
Height: 12.6 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) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2804.16-1928
Primary reference Number: 15645
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Job and his Comforters" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15645 Accessed: 2023-02-04 20:57:22
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Accession Number: P.8895-R
Accession Number: Marlay cutting Fr. 14d
Accession Number: P.455-1985
Accession Number: PD.33-1950
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