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Plate: C.1362A-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Circular with a narrow sloping rim, curved sides and flat centre. Decorated in the middle with three stylized flowers (perhaps irises) and two long jagged leaves, and round the rim with four four-petalled flowerheads alternating with four groups of three leaf tips. A pair with C.1362B-1928

Notes

History note: From an unidentified village near Cambridge; Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, from whom purchased in 1893 or 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

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

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue high-temperature colour

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1362A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71871
Old object number: 448
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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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