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Dish: Tulips and foliage
Brislington Pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellow, darker yellow, and brownish-red with tulips and foliage growing from a mound; round the edge, blue and yellow bands and blue dashes
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellow, darker yellow, and brownish-red; the reverse, covered with tin-glaze with bluish areas; four bare patches near the edge are consistent with finger marks. Circular with a sloping rim, and shallow curved well, standing on a footring. The front is painted with three tulips, two lilies, six spiral buds and foliage springing from a green mound, The edge is encircled by a blue and a yellow band and closely spaced blue dashes.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35 cm
Diameter: 13 3/4 in
Height: 7.2 cm
Height: 2 7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 17th or early 18th century
James II
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Anne
Circa
1685
CE
-
1705
CE
See the similar tulip designs on dishes, C.1500-1928, C.1501-1928, C.1502-1928
Back composed of tin-glaze ( bluish and streaky; four bare patches, consistent with finger marks on the edge) Front composed of tin-glaze ( white) Decoration composed of high-temperature colours
buff Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellow, darker yellow, and brownish-red; the reverse, covered with tin-glaze with bluish areas; four bare patches near the edge are consistent with finger marks
Accession number: C.1499-1928
Primary reference Number: 72093
Old object number: 16
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.2642B-1928
Accession Number: C.1494-1928
Accession Number: C.2636B-1928
Accession Number: C.1500-1928
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