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Dish: C.1403-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow and orange with leaves and fruit

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in blue, green, yellow and orange; the reverse possibly slip-coated, and then covered with a green lead-glaze with radiating dribbles. Circular with deep curved sides and slightly everted rim, standing on a footring. In the middle there is a circular medallion framed by a narrow blue line flanked by wider yellow lines enclosed large split leaf, painted half in blue, and half in yellow with orange veins, surrounded by four striped blue fruits and four striped orange fruits and leaves. Round the medallion there is a wide border of four similarly coloured leaves split by panels of trellis diaper. In the spaces between the outer edges of the leaves there are either two striped blue and one striped orange fruits or two orange and one blue. The edge is encircled by a yellow line and blue dashes. In the middle there are three spur marks.

Notes

History note: Unidentified private owner; bought by Mr Hardiman of Cambridge, from whom purchased in 1923 for £4 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 34.6 cm
Height: 6.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
Charles II
Circa 1660 CE - 1680 CE

Note

This design is related to the leaf designs on large maiolica dishes from Montelupo in Tuscany which were imported into England and of which fragments have been found on sites in London and elsewhere.

Components of the work

Back composed of lead-glaze ( green) slip ( pale buff possibly applied before glazing)
Front composed of tin-glaze
Decoration

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Buff earthenware, press-moulded, the reverse, possibly slip-coated in a pale slip before application of green lead-glaze which has radiating dribbles, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1403-1928
Primary reference Number: 71935
Old object number: 4244
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 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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