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Current Location: In storage

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Pottery: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and decorated in blue and powdered manganese. In the middle, a portrait of Charles II, flanked by the initials 'C' and 'R' with '2' below the 'C', within a circular medallion with a scalloped border; powdered manganese ground with reserved quarter-stars in the corners.

Notes

History note: Purchased in Cambridge from Mr Louis Gautier, 2nd October, 1928 with C.2832B-1928 for £26 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1 cm
Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 12.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
Circa 1660 CE - 1685 CE

Note

Glaisher believed that this tile was English; Rackham reattributed it ot the Netherlands in 1935; it was later thought to be English, but on the basis of tiles of similar type in the Netherlands, it has been reattributed to the Netherlands.

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Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: '2' is below the 'C'

  • Text: 'C', 'R', '2'
  • Location: On front of tile
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Initials

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2832A-1928
Primary reference Number: 15773
Old object number: Gl. 5092A

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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