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Dish: James II
Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow, and manganese with a bust of James II surrounded by a border of stylised flowers and foliage. Initialled J R with 2 above the R
Earthenware, the front tin-glazed pale blue, and painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple; the back covered with semi-transparent bluish lead-glaze. Circular with a wide sloping rim, and curved well, standing on a footring. Three spur marks in the middle. Decorated in the middle with a bust portrait of James II wearing coronation robes, and flanked by the initials J R with a 2 above the R. The rim is decorated with four stylized flowers with stylized leaves between them.
History note: Mr Hyde, Birmingham; purchased from Mr Malcolm Stoner for £45 on 8 April 1927 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.7 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
James II
Circa
1685
CE
-
1688
CE
James II’s reign was brief, and few chargers have survived bearing his portrait.
Sarah Bennet II was proprietor of the Brislington pottery at this date
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and yellow outlined in manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( pale blue)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Moulding : Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed pale blue, and painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple; the back covered with semi-transparent bluish lead-glaze.
Accession number: C.1644-1928
Primary reference Number: 72378
Old object number: 4974
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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