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Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate. In the centre is an artemisia leaf with stylised water-plants. Three flower sprays on medallions, flanked by large leaves on a blue ground. Painted in blue.
Bluish, lumpy, and very shiny glaze, possibly with a kwaart, over a buff body.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 19.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1740
: Dating is on the basis of a comparable plate dated 1739 at Colonial Williamsburg, see Documentation
This dish could have been made in Bristol or Liverpool
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish, lumpy, and very shiny
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glazing
Painting
Press-moulding
Accession number: C.1575-1928
Primary reference Number: 72250
Old object number: 625
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72250 Accessed: 2024-11-22 08:43:39
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