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Factory: Pratt, William
White stoneware with pale blue applied reliefs of figures in classical dress, vine leafs and bunches of grapes.
White stoneware with pale blue applied reliefs. Of truncated conical form with scalloped rim, standing on a low foot; reel-shaped cover with scalloped rim, pierced by eight holes, resting inside the rim of the vase. On either side of the vase there are imitation ring and shell handles between which are reliefs: a woman in classical dress, seated playing the harp, flanked by two slight shrubs; a shepherdess in classical dress, seated between two trees, accompanied by a sleeping dog. Above and below there are bands of vine leafs and bunches of grapes. There is a similar band on the cover below the scalloped rim. On the foot, above and below the lower band of simulated beading, repeated on the cover. On the vase there is also a band of small vertical lines.
History note: Gabor Cossa (Mrs Joan Eve), Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund
Height: 16.0 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1983) by Gabor Cossa (Mrs Joan Eve)
18th Century, Late
Circa
1780
CE
-
1799
CE
Body
Decoration
white and pale blue Stoneware
Accession number: C.11 & A-1983
Primary reference Number: 71312
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.5 & A & B-1919
Accession Number: C.28 & A-1961
Accession Number: C.13.1 & A-1947
Accession Number: C.13.2 & A-1947
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