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Dish: C.1391-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Entities

  • Dish
  • Other name: deep dish
  • Category: English delftware

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Description

Earthenware tin-glazed blue and splashed with white tin-glaze

Reddish-buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed blue, and splashed with white tin-glaze. Circular with a slightly everted twelve-lobed rim, with twelve smaller lobes in the well. The interior is randomly splashed with white tin-glaze; the reverse is undecorated.

Notes

History note: Unknown before purchased in about 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glasher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22 cm
Height: 3.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Components of the work

Decoration composed of tin-glaze ( white)

Materials used in production

blue Tin-glaze
reddish-buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Reddish-buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed blue, and splashed with white tin-glaze.
Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1391-1928
Primary reference Number: 71908
Old object number: 4344
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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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