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Flower brick: C.1543-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a continuous landscape with a horseman and a dog on each side, the top is pierced by three large and nineteen small holes

Buff earthenware, probably slab-built, pierced, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. The flower brick is rectangular with the top and base recessed and chamfered, and the former pierced by three large and nineteen smaller holes. One long side is decorated with a dog and a man on horseback travelling to the left in a landscape with a tree behind the rider and buildings in the distance on the left. The other long side has a man on horseback galloping to the left in a landscape with a tree behind the rider, and buildings in the distance on the left, which similarly continues on the short end. The landscapes continue on the two ends. The large holes in the top are encircled by a blue band, and the small holes by petal-like strokes.

Notes

History note: Gog Magog House, Cambridgeshire; Duke of Leeds sale, Christie's, 4 May 1894, Porcelain, lot 29, sold for 15s.0d.; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8.2 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Length: 16.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
George III
Circa 1745 CE - 1765 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
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Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Slab-building : Buff earthenware, slab-built, pierced, tin-glazed, and painted n blue
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1543-1928
Primary reference Number: 72193
Old object number: 123

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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