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Dish: C.180-1932

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Earthenware dish, decorated inside with a moss-rose

Legal notes

Given by Mrs (Frances Louisa) W. D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.3 cm
Length: 32.1 cm

Relative size of this object

32.1 cm13.3 cm What does this represent?

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.

Place(s) associated

  • Swansea ⪼ Wales

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

19th century
1803 - 1806

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: where the object was made

  • Text: SWANSEA
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: C
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.180-1932
Primary reference Number: 209010
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 30 June 2016 Updated: Thursday 21 February 2019 Last processed: Monday 15 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209010 Accessed: 2023-06-04 07:58:07

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