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Dish with bust of William III
Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware dish decorated in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple with a bust of William III, initialled K W, and surrounded by a wreath
Reddish-buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed pale blue and painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple; the back covered with slightly bluish lead-glaze. Circular with shallow curved sides and everted rim, standing on a footring. Decorated with a full face bust portrait of William III, bewigged and crowned, flanked by the initials 'K' and 'W', and surrounded by a wreath and a manganse circle.
History note: Unknown owner in the West of England; purchased from Mr Stoner, London, for £15 on 31 July 1906 by Dr.J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.5 cm
Height: 6.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Circa
1690
CE
-
1702
CE
During the reign of William III the Brislington pottery was run by Sarah Bennet II from 1679-90 and by her husband Thomas Dickson from 1690 to 1730
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( bluish)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( pale greenish blue)
Base
Diameter 12.4 cm
Accession number: C.1649-1928
Primary reference Number: 72385
Old object number: 2576
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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