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Dish: C.1488-1928

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Pottery: Brislington Pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in green, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple with tulips and foliage in a striped jar, surrounded by three manganese concnetric circles

Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in in green, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple; the reverse, covered with a lead-glaze with some areas clouded with bluish tin-glaze and many blue speckles. Circular with a broad sloping rim, and shallow curved well, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with three tulips and broad-leaved foliage standing in a jar striped alternately in green and brownish-orange and having a scrolls of the latter colour projecting on each side. Round the rim there are two manganese-purple concentric circles.

Notes

History note: Mr Stewart Acton, 12 Prince Albert Street, Brighton, from whom purchased on 3 December, 1911 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 34.6 cm
Diameter: 13 5/8 in
Height: 7.2 cm
Height: 2 7/8 in

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early
James II
William III and Mary II
Anne
Circa 1685 CE - 1705 CE

Note

Attributed to Lambeth on accession

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Back composed of lead-glaze ( containing bluish tin-glaze)
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in green, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple)
Front composed of tin-glaze ( white)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1488-1928
Primary reference Number: 72077
Old object number: 3439

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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