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Dish: C.1-1932

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Rouen pottery
Production: Febvrier-Boussemart Faïence Factory (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue with lambrequins

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Circular with an everted rim moulded with small gadroons, projecting from a ridge, deep curved sides with a sloping slightly concave zone at the top, and an almost flat base. There are three spur marks on the underside of the rim. In the centre there is a six sided medallion formed by scrolls and stylized foliage reserved in a blue ground, and at the top of the sides, a border of lambrequins (broderies). The small gadroons on the rim each have a blue spot radiating from a line.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Frances Hermia Durham, CBE (1873-1948)

Legal notes

Given by Hermia Durham, CBE

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 28.2 cm
Height: 4.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932-01-07) by Durham, Hermia, Miss

Dating

18th Century, Early
Circa 1700 CE - 1725 CE

Note

This dish was accessioned as from Rouen, but might perhaps have come from Lille. This type of decoration is referred to in France as 'broderies' or 'au lambrequin'.

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue on the front
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1-1932
Primary reference Number: 71506

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 1 April 2025

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

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