These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Maiolica fluted dish, painted in yellow and orange, and outlined in purple with a bird among stylised flowers and foliage.
Pinkish-buff earthenware (very little visible), tin-glazed pale green on both sides. Painted in yellow and orange, and outlined in manganese-purple.
Circular with a scalloped rim of twenty-four arcs, and curved sides moulded with reversed gadroons radiating from the convex centre.
In the middle there is a bird in profile to the right among stylised flowers and foliage, enclosed by three concentric circles and eight regularly spaced leaves. Below the rim, between pairs of manganese lines, there are four sprays comprising a flower head flanked by paired leaves on stems, separated by small formal plants.
History note: Unknown
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 29.6 cm
Height: 4.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
18th Century
Circa
1675
CE
-
1725
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( yellow, orange and manganese-purple)
Tin-glazing : Pinkish-buff earthenware (very little visible), tin-glazed pale green on both sides. Painted in yellow, orange and manganese-purple, the last used for the outlines.
Accession number: C.2199-1928
Primary reference Number: 48313
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 (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48313 Accessed: 2024-12-23 10:23:11
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48313
|title=Dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 10:23:11|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-48313
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2199_1928.jpg"
alt="Dish"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Dish</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
