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Dish: Star and leaves
Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow and manganese-purple with a star surrounded by split leaves and berries or fruits; blue dash border
Reddish-buff tin-glazed earthenware tin-glazed on the front and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow and manganese-purple; the reverse is covered with pinkish lead-glaze clouded with tin-oxide. Circular with curved sides, standing on a flat footring. The front is decorated with a central medallion containing a star surrounded by three manganese-purple concentric circles. Radiating from this there are six partly green and partly yellow split leaves, with fruits flanked by blue serrated leaves in the spaces. The edge is encircled by a manganese-purple band and blue dashes.
History note: Purchased before 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35.2 cm
Diameter: 13 7/8 in
Height: 7 cm
Height: 2 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Anne
Circa
1690
CE
-
1710
CE
Probably made in London at Norfolk House, Lambeth
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( pinkish clouded with tin oxide)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
reddish buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1452-1928
Primary reference Number: 72026
Old object number: 21
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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