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Plate: C.1522-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a smoking kiln

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Circular with a sloping rim, shallow well and flat centre. Decorated with a smoking kiln, and a house, fences, and clouds

Notes

History note: Mr Freeman, dealer, Cambridge, from whom purchased in 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bristol ⪼ Somerset ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second quarter#
George I
George II
Circa 1725 CE - 1750 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)

Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue high-temperature colour

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1522-1928
Primary reference Number: 72160
Old object number: 1007
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 October 2019 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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