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The Prodigal's Departure
Production: Unknown
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, 'The Prodigal's Departure'; barred ox-head corners.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.9 cm
Width: 13.0 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
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2809-1928
Primary reference Number: 15703
Old object number: Gl. 540
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) "The Prodigal's Departure" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15703 Accessed: 2023-03-30 16:59:40
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Accession Number: M.54 & A-L-1997
Accession Number: C.2804.22-1928
Accession Number: 2137
Accession Number: C.1184-1928
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