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Dish: William III and Mary II
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue, yellow, brownish-orange and manganese-purple with figures of William III and Mary II standing between sponged trees. Blue dash border.
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed very pale blue, and painted and sponged in blue, and painted in pale yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple; the reverse covered with bluish-green lead-glaze. Circular with everted rim, and curved sides, standing on a footring. William III, wearing coronation robes and holding an orb and sceptre, stands on the left of Mary, who is crowned, and holds a fan. Over their heads are the letters ' W M R'. On each side there are sponged trees, and in the foreground there are two humps and two small sponged bushes. Round the outer edge there is a yellow band and a blue dash border
History note: Wills and Simmons, Oxford Street, London from whom purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 36 cm
Height: 6.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, pale yellow, brownish-orange, manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( pale blue)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Diameter 11.9 cm
buff Earthenware
Moulding : Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed very pale blue, and painted and sponged in blue, and painted in pale yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple; the reverse covered with bluish-green lead-glaze with radiating streaks and crawling; two stilt-marks on footring
Accession number: C.1633-1928
Primary reference Number: 72362
Old object number: R 1006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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