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Production: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with a man in a garden and floral sprays
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. The plate is circular with eight arcs round the edge, and has a slightly sloping rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre with recessed base. On the front five reserved panels are delineated by an undulating powdered manganese-purple frame. The central area is painted in polychrome with a man standing beside a fence, a rock, flowers and foliage. Two winged insects flying overhead. The spaces on the rim are occupied by a floral spray.
History note: Said to have come from the Marquis of Northampton’s collection; a sale at Ashby-de-la Zouche; bought with a pair by Mr Withers, 42 Silver Street, Leicester from whom purchased for 6s.0d. on 13 June 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-08) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1755
CE
Probably made by a London pottery, perhaps at Lambeth
Decoratin
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple)
Decoration
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, and covered with shiny greysh-white tin-glaze which has pooling on the reverse, painted on the front with blue, green, yellow, and red, and powdered with manganese-purple
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1671-1928
Primary reference Number: 72421
Old object number: 359
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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