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Dish: Tulips growing from a mound
Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, and brownish-orange with tulips and other flowers growing from a mound; round the edge, blue and yellow bands and blue dashes
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, and brownish-orange; the reverse, covered with slip and crawling tin-glaze speckled in blue. The front is decorated with tulips, lilies, spiral buds and foliage springing from a green mound. Round the edge there are blue and yellow bands and blue dashes.
History note: Possibly bought at Barrington, Cambridgeshire in 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.5 cm
Diameter: 13 5/8 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#
James II
William III and Mary II
Anne
Circa
1685
CE
-
1705
CE
This is a very common charger design, see also C.1499-1928, C.1500-1928 and C.1501-1928
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, olive-green, yellow, and brownish-orange)
buff
Earthenware
uneven and speckled blue on the back
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, and brownish-orange; reverse is coated with pale slip over which is uneven crawling tin-glaze, partially wiped off the footring
Accession number: C.1502-1928
Primary reference Number: 72106
Old object number: 13
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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