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Bowl: C.1574-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Shallow tin-glazed earthenware bowl. Depicting a Chinese figure with rocks and trees, enclosed by a border of schematic flowers and leaves.
White glaze with two peg-marks under the rim of the flange, and missing glaze where the third would have been.

Notes

History note: One of a pair, bought from Stanley Woolston, 2nd September 1916. Woolston purchased these from another dealer (Collins) who found them in Biggleswade. The other bowl was given to Murray, the librarian of Trinity College

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.1 cm
Height: 5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1725 - 1775

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1574-1928
Primary reference Number: 72249
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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