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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, brownish-orange and manganee-purple with three tulips springing from a mound; blue dash border
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, brownish-orange and manganese-purple; the reverse covered with clear lead-glaze with greenish areas. Circular with a wide sloping rim and shallow well, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with three tulips and foliage springing from a low conical mound, surrounded by a blue band, a wider yellow band and blue dashes.
History note: Unknown owner in neighbourhood of Cambridge; Mr Jolly, Cambridge from whom purchased on 11 June, 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 2.7 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Circa
1665
CE
-
1680
CE
An unusually small plate decorated in the 'charger' style
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellowish-green, yellow, brownish-orange and manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( clear with greenish areas)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1416-1928
Primary reference Number: 71952
Old object number: 2819
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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