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Toy porringer: C.1586-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Unidentified German pottery (Probably)

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue outlined in manganese-black. The porringer is circular with curved sides and two shell-shaped lugs. The outside is decorated in late Ming style with a Chinese figure in a landscape. Above the design there is a narrow manganese line below the rim, and belowit , three lines. Inside the bowl is the date '1682'

Notes

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

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 3 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
Production date: dated AD 1682

School or Style

Late Ming

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, the bowl probably thrown with applied moulded lugs, tin-glazed and painted in greyish-blue and manganese-purple

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1682
  • Location: In the middle inside
  • Method of creation: Painted
  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1586-1928
Primary reference Number: 72265
Old object number: 1004

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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