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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in pale shades of blue, yellow, and manganese-purple. Circular with a sloping rim, curved sides, and flat centre, with recessed base. The middle is decorated with a bird perching on a rock, a fence, flowering plants and bamboo, and a flying insect enclosed by two concentric circles. On the rim there are four floral sprays and a blue band round the outer edge.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1775
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
greyish
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted i blue, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1481-1928
Primary reference Number: 72066
Old object number: 615
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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