Skip to main content

Dish: Leaves and Fruit: C.1610-1928

An image of Dish
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Dish
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Dish: Leaves and Fruit

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, and red with leaves and fruit; on the edge a yellow band and blue dashes

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red; the shiny tin-glaze on the reverse is uneven and has brown areas. Circular with a sloping rim and curved sides, standing on a broad footring. The front is decorated with a central medallion framed by blue and yellow concentric circles, enclosing a leaf surrounded by blue and red berries. Four similar leaves and berries radiate from the medallion with formal blue and red plants between them. The edge is encircled by blue and yellow bands and blue dashes.

Notes

History note: Purchased before 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 29 cm
Height: 6.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Early
Anne
George I
Circa 1710 CE - 1730 CE

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
shiny white with brown areas on the back Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted on the front in blue, green, yellow, and red high-temperature (oxide) colours; the glaze on the back is shiny with brown areas

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1610-1928
Primary reference Number: 72304
Old object number: 1917

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Dish: Leaves and Fruit" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72304 Accessed: 2025-12-05 19:12:15

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72304 |title=Dish: Leaves and Fruit |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 19:12:15|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-72304

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1610_1928.jpg"
        alt="Dish: Leaves and Fruit"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Dish: Leaves and Fruit</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo