IDENTIFIERS
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id:	238716
accession number:	C.53-2023

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 17 September 2019
updated:	Friday 7 March 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Buff earthenware tile, slip coated and painted underglaze with a circular Persian-style design in turquoise blue, mulberry and green, incorporating variations of the popular ‘BBB’ carnation/thistle design.
object type: Tin-glazed earthenware tile; slip-coated and decorated underglaze.
title:	tile

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Lent by Rita Smythe


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Smythe
creditline: Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/238716


SUBJECTS
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carnation
carnation



TECHNIQUES
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earthenware tile; slip-coated and decorated under tin glaze.
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware
category: Art Pottery

DATING
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creation date:	1888 - 1898
creation date earliest:	1888
creation date latest:	1898
culture:	19th Century, Late
culture:	Victoria I

CREATORS
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maker: William De Morgan & Co.


CITATIONS
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The Designs of William De Morgan
William De Morgan Tiles
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