Unknown
(Production)
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and decorated in blue and powdered manganese. Within an octagonal reserve, a house on an island in a lake with three sailing ships and two swans; powdered manganese ground with a reserved carnation in each corner. There is a hole in the top left and lower right corner.
History note: No information
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.7 cm
Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 13.1 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 and powdered manganese) Front composed of tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2833-1928
Primary reference Number: 15775
Old object number: Gl. 525
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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