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Catherine of Braganza
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
Artist:
Stoop, Dirck
(After)
Printmaker:
Faithorne, William
(Probably after)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue and yellow with a bust of Catherine of Braganza, initialled and dated 'K R' over '1682'. Border of stylized plants with buds.
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue and yellow; the back covered with bluish lead-glaze. Circular with a wide sloping rim, and shallow well, standing on a footring. Decorated in the middle with a bust portrait of Catherine of Braganza flanked by 'K' and 'R'; over '16' and '82'. The edge of the well is encircled by two blue concentric circles and there are two more round the outer edge of the rim. Between them is a border of four stylized plants with yellow and blue buds pointing outwards, alternating with four smaller plants with buds pointing round the rim.
History note: Mr Huggins, from whom purchased in 1893 by Mortlock & Co, Oxford Street, London; purchased from Mortlock's for £75 on 10 June 1907 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.4 cm
Height: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1682
Catherine married Charles II in 1662.
The bust shows the Queen with the Iberian hairstyle she has in a three-quarter-length portrait of about 1660-61 by or after Dirck Stoop (1610-86) which is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, (NPG 2563). The large round curl over her forehead in the painting appears to have been misinterpreted as a small hat. The image on the dish may have been after a print engraved by William Faithorne after Stoop, published in 1661.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and yellow)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1642-1928
Primary reference Number: 72376
Old object number: 2699
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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