15929995910001312637261000Standard Recordobject-72455170810661043215826348160001708106603488fitz-onlineadlib-object-72455https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455c9f2b14b-b6db-3c7e-ae9d-a966c68ca7165referenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-110399adlib-term-110399c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114English delftwarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherblue, green, yellow, and manganese-purplereferenceterm-108364adlib-term-108364115b8729-a560-35c1-b654-4b9d2fc5f68bhigh-temperature coloursDecorationApplied Artstin-glazed earthenare painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purpleBuff earthenware, tin-glazed greenish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple. Circular with a narrow sloping rim, shallow sloping sides, and flat centre. The middle is decorated with a scene showing a yellow hot-air balloon in the sky over a house, trees, and a fence. The rim is decorated with a border of green festoons with purple pendants between them, blue floral sprays and a blue feathered edge.C.1688-19281accession numberC.1688-192872455priref72455old object number1916urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedEntry date: 192817841784CE1784circa17841786probably made in 1784-5 or a little later11786CE17861786probablyproductionreferenceagent-188412adlib-agent-188412ef367e4a-3fbe-3a6e-bb27-14c4391ff666Unidentified Lambeth PotteryProbably made in Lambeth at either the Lambeth High Street or Glasshouse Street potteries. The design was probably inspired by Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon ascent from Moorfields, London in 1784 or several ascents he made from St St George's Fields, Southwark in 1785.referenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonbuffreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazeDiametercm23.2referencemedia-170233adlib-media-170233f21ec1db-e8c3-36c2-8c9b-7ee2cef40982jpegaa/aa27/C_1688_1928.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels59616162853195271imagejpegaa/aa27/mid_C_1688_1928.jpg1heightpixels638widthpixels50016162853195271imagejpegaa/aa27/C_1688_1928.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels59616162853195271imagejpegaa/aa27/preview_C_1688_1928.jpg1heightpixels319widthpixels25016162853195271image0media
imagereferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateballooning platehistory noteMr Freeman's sale of 27 January 1904, where bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge1similarityreferenceobject-72454adlib-object-7245475c08602-04c6-36b4-980b-c5296debce501reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplate1C.1686-1928 has different colouring and the features of the design are less close than C.1687-1928similarityreferenceobject-72453adlib-object-724535051e07c-7b58-3b14-a532-f714f0dd1be21reference1term-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplatereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p. 209, no. 1688, attributed to Bristol, late 18th century209referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 93, no. B.17, attributed probably to Lambeth, c. 1784 or shortly after, and for the profile, see p. 403, Shape M93referencepublication-7519adlib-publication-751966216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63Delftware in the Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. p. 140 for an aquatint of 'A View of Mr Lunardi's Balloon' by F. Jukes, 1784, and text p. 141. Cf. p. 162, two comparable ballooning plates, nos. 10.51 and 10.52p. 140-1, 162referencepublication-2300adlib-publication-2300aa6f58fa-97f5-3f6f-888b-78175e14a04bEnglish Delftware in the Bristol CollectionCf. p. 124, nos. B.15 and B.16, comparable ballooning plates124referencepublication-2299adlib-publication-2299aba3869a-d038-351e-ad98-23fe16247f95Delftware. The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert MuseumCf. p. 130, no. D.95, a plate with comparable design but different colouring, attributed to Lambeth130referencepublication-3435adlib-publication-3435afe4d0a6-f959-33ac-bcb6-daa2744cf555The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Volume 2, DelftwareCf. p. 127 1A Ballooning Plate with 1B Print of Lunardi’s ascent from the 'European Magazine', c. 1783.127-42referencepublication-200002914adlib-publication-200002914ed5b5abc-f925-3f39-a81d-3c6a91cad592Later London delftware 1780-1810referencepublication-8504adlib-publication-850439729268-5bb1-355c-bdf5-a362637c391aBalloon Madness, Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783-1786activityreferenceterm-25566adlib-term-2556693313112-1f4d-31e7-b058-615d240bbca3ballooningobject namereferenceterm-97178adlib-term-9717895f81810-8f1c-3e75-84ae-913adbf39e74hot-air balloonliteralballooningballooningliteralhot-air balloonhot-air balloonreferenceterm-34935adlib-term-34935b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4plateplatebuff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed greenish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature (oxide) colours; there are many pin-holes in the glaze on the reversereferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldinggreenish-whitereferenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingin blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purplereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingBallooning Plateobject
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