1592999591000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-72455 1752602715482 1711362570000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-72455 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455 c9f2b14b-b6db-3c7e-ae9d-a966c68ca716 6 reference term-108348 adlib-term-108348 667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02ff tin-glazed earthenware reference term-110399 adlib-term-110399 c2c214aa-c7b2-3bbe-8460-214ed187b114 English delftware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple reference term-108364 adlib-term-108364 115b8729-a560-35c1-b654-4b9d2fc5f68b high-temperature colours Decoration Applied Arts tin-glazed earthenare painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple Buff 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.1688-1928 1 accession number C.1688-1928 72455 priref 72455 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 2 old object number 1916 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72455 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928-12-07 bequeathed Entry date: 1928 1784 1784 CE 1784 circa 1784 1786 probably made in 1784-5 or a little later 1 1786 CE 1786 1786 probably production reference agent-188412 adlib-agent-188412 ef367e4a-3fbe-3a6e-bb27-14c4391ff666 Unidentified Lambeth Pottery Probably 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. reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country London buff reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware reference term-39575 adlib-term-39575 cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4ab tin-glaze Diameter cm 23.2 reference media-170233 adlib-media-170233 f21ec1db-e8c3-36c2-8c9b-7ee2cef40982 jpeg aa/aa27/C_1688_1928.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 596 1742595036083 1 image jpeg aa/aa27/mid_C_1688_1928.jpg 1 height pixels 638 width pixels 500 1742595036083 1 image jpeg aa/aa27/C_1688_1928.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 596 1742595036083 1 image jpeg aa/aa27/preview_C_1688_1928.jpg 1 height pixels 319 width pixels 250 1742595036083 1 image 0 media image reference term-34935 adlib-term-34935 b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4 plate ballooning plate history note Mr Freeman's sale of 27 January 1904, where bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge 1 similarity reference object-72454 adlib-object-72454 75c08602-04c6-36b4-980b-c5296debce50

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plate 1 C.1686-1928 has different colouring and the features of the design are less close than C.1687-1928 similarity reference object-72453 adlib-object-72453 5051e07c-7b58-3b14-a532-f714f0dd1be2

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plate reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p. 209, no. 1688, attributed to Bristol, late 18th century 209 reference publication-1031 adlib-publication-1031 a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55ed Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Publ. p. 93, no. B.17, attributed probably to Lambeth, c. 1784 or shortly after, and for the profile, see p. 403, Shape M 93 reference publication-7519 adlib-publication-7519 66216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63 Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. 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 10.52 p. 140-1, 162 reference publication-2300 adlib-publication-2300 aa6f58fa-97f5-3f6f-888b-78175e14a04b English Delftware in the Bristol Collection Cf. p. 124, nos. B.15 and B.16, comparable ballooning plates 124 reference publication-2299 adlib-publication-2299 aba3869a-d038-351e-ad98-23fe16247f95 Delftware. The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum Cf. p. 130, no. D.95, a plate with comparable design but different colouring, attributed to Lambeth 130 reference publication-3435 adlib-publication-3435 afe4d0a6-f959-33ac-bcb6-daa2744cf555 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Volume 2, Delftware Cf. p. 127 1A Ballooning Plate with 1B Print of Lunardi’s ascent from the 'European Magazine', c. 1783. 127-42 reference publication-200002914 adlib-publication-200002914 ed5b5abc-f925-3f39-a81d-3c6a91cad592 Later London delftware 1780-1810 reference publication-8504 adlib-publication-8504 39729268-5bb1-355c-bdf5-a362637c391a Balloon Madness, Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783-1786 activity reference term-25566 adlib-term-25566 93313112-1f4d-31e7-b058-615d240bbca3 ballooning object name reference term-97178 adlib-term-97178 95f81810-8f1c-3e75-84ae-913adbf39e74 hot-air balloon literal ballooning ballooning literal hot-air balloon hot-air balloon

reference term-34935 adlib-term-34935 b6750733-fe79-33fc-b39a-c296fcd223b4 plate

plate buff 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 reverse reference term-111179 adlib-term-111179 be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68 moulding greenish-white reference term-120059 adlib-term-120059 dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7 tin-glazing in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting object OBJECT