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Plate: C.1361-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware, with slightly greenish tin-glaze, painted in blue. The circular plate has a narrow sloping rim and a shallow well. It is painted in the middle with a large flower on a stem with a detached flower head on each side, and round the rim with four stylized leaf motifs alternating with a small curved spray.

Notes

History note: Unknown owner at Barrington, near Cambridge; Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, from whom bought on 25 April 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trintiy College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.7 cm
Diameter: 9 in

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa 1750 CE - 1770 CE

Note

The shape indicates London manufacture

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
slightly greenish Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff eathenware, covered with slightly greenish tin-glaze and painted in blue high-temperature colour; the glaze is thick and pooling on the back

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1361-1928
Primary reference Number: 71865
Old object number: 79
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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