15929966130001312637261000Standard Recordobject-72234170810660899815659511140001708106603488fitz-onlineadlib-object-72234https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72234f45e08e1-e479-3017-bc31-832bde74377b5referenceagent-182413adlib-agent-182413d62ce184-9885-3f17-bf5d-4a997b170006Wells, W. C.referenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-34902adlib-term-34902c3a00889-86ff-3a02-bd64-8f0310d6fa96cobaltDecorationin cobalt-bluereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingApplied Artstin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a scene entitled ‘A VOYAGE TO/The MOON by/Domingo Gonsales/from the Ile of/ Teneriffe’.Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and reddish-brown. Circular, with a narrow rim and shallow curved well, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with a scene showing a steep hill with sponged trees around its base surrounded on three sides by the sea. Overhead a man seated on a bar is carried upwards by birds towards a crescent moon at top left. Below, to the left of the rock is a shaped panel inscribed, ‘A Voyage to/The MOON by/Domingo Gonsales/from the Ile of/ Teneriffe’. To the left of it there is a ship under sail flying the English flag and two smaller sailing boats, and in the foreground there are three manned rowing boats. The edge is reddish-brown. The back is signed in blue, ‘I.F./1740/. At the junction of the rim and well there are alternating III and motifs resembling twigs.C.1567-19281accession numberC.1567-192872234priref72234old object number3748urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72234https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72234on frontpainted in blueA VOYAGE TO/The MOON by/Domingo Gonsales/from the Ile of/ Teneriffeinscriptionon backpainted in blueI.F./1740/.initials and datereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedEntry date: 1928-12-071740CE1740dated1740potterreferenceagent-161055adlib-agent-161055253e5163-f726-3c53-bed7-0cc9961f4a1aFrank, Richardpotteryreferenceagent-182415adlib-agent-182415e2df6ee8-9ed7-38df-8948-bc9eb05855f7Temple Back Potterypainterreferenceagent-182414adlib-agent-182414aef30227-ad67-3285-93e4-3aa500185ad6Flower, JosephThe initials on the back are for the painter, Joseph Flower. The design was taken from the frontispiece to 'The Man in the Moone; or A Discourse of a Voyage Thither by Domingo Gonsales, the Speedy Messenger' the pseudonym of Francis Godwin (1562-1633), Bishop successively of Llandaff and Hereford. Published in 1638, it was one of the earliest works of science fiction in English. There were several editions of the book, and the print is not always situated at the front..referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-106700adlib-term-106700a1f742d5-f39a-3ac4-9905-3f2c8bdf3612literalEnglandEnglandcountryBristolreferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm33.8referencemedia-170007adlib-media-170007fba13683-3a32-3ca3-8758-b90e12ff822cjpegaa/aa27/C_1567_1928_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels60216162862919331imagejpegaa/aa27/mid_C_1567_1928_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels631widthpixels50016162862919331imagejpegaa/aa27/C_1567_1928_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels60216162862919331imagejpegaa/aa27/preview_C_1567_1928_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels316widthpixels25016162862919331image0media
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imagereferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishobject namereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwarecategoryhistory noteMr W.C. Wells, Le Chalet, East Lane, Wembley, who offered it to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher in a letter of 24 May 1915 for £6.10s.0d. Glaisher accepted the offer, and the dish arrived in Cambridge, on 31 May.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 118-19118-19referencepublication-7567adlib-publication-7567d4e2ba1d-7a39-30c8-bf81-beaa3491240eChats on Old EarthenwarePubl. Vol. I, p. 197, no. 1567, vol. II, pl. 115B197referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. pp. 140-1, no. B.91, and see the profil, p. 403, Shape E140-1referencepublication-7519adlib-publication-751966216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63Delftware in the Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 107, no. 469107referencepublication-2350adlib-publication-23505aab1afa-9420-3434-bf6d-916548bbc26bDated English Delftwarereferencepublication-200002929adlib-publication-200002929a5397c2c-a3ba-3b52-a787-d8e808f91a4cBook Review: Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museumobject namereferenceterm-106929adlib-term-10692949cb7833-dcd9-3537-917a-072f1b215adamoonobject namereferenceterm-80826adlib-term-808260aa155f8-d4d1-3df9-9bd8-a3b54c4d9618shipobject namereferenceterm-113715adlib-term-113715d382849f-58e1-3ee5-84ef-105897119882rowing boatanimalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdliteralmoonmoonliteralshipshipliteralrowing boatrowing boatliteralbirdbirdreferenceterm-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishearthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt-bluereferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingDish: A Voyage to the Moonobject
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