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Production: Unidentified Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with stylized flowers and foliage and the inscription and date B/S.M/1703 flanked by palm fronds tied with a bow at the bottom; a pair with C.1511A-1928.
History note: Dr Hugh Playfair collection; sold Sotheby's, 4 May 1928, Porcelain, Pottery and glass; glass pictures and furniture, De Hugh Playfair, lot 49; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Catalogue by Rackham (1935) as English but probably Continental, perhaps Dutch
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glazing
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue
Accession number: C.1511B-1928
Primary reference Number: 72122
Old object number: 5023
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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