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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Possibly)
Buff earthenware with bluish tin-glazed, painted in blue. Circular with slightly sloping rim, shallow sides and flat centre. Decorated on the flat area with plants with large flowers and rocks in Chinese style, surrounded by a narrow diaper border. On the rim there are six floral sprays and a similar border round the edge broken by six small plants flanked by leaves. On the back there are four large squiggles.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 39.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1760
CE
Probably made in either London or Liverpool
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware with bluish tin-glazed, painted in blue
Accession number: C.1371-1928
Primary reference Number: 71881
Old object number: 1485
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71881 Accessed: 2024-12-18 11:19:47
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