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Salt: C.1454-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified

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Description

Earthenware, pierced, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple. In the form of a square pedestal with projecting upper and lower edges, sides pierced with an openwork four-petalled flower, and in the top a circular depression for the salt. The lower edge is painted in blue with a zig-zag and spot border, and the upper edge with a row of blue spots between manganese-purple lines. The angles of the top are each painted with a floral spray, and there is a flowerhead in the salt depression surrounded by a manganese circle between two wider blue circles. .

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1620 CE - 1700 CE

Note

Attributed to Lambeth by Rackham, buit possibly made in Liguria in Italy

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
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Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1454-1928
Primary reference Number: 72027
Old object number: 1076

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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