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Wash basin: C.1749-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Vauxhall Pottery
Proprietor: Chilwell, Mary (Possibly)
Proprietor: Chilwell, Jonathan V (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, Octagonal with an almost flat rim, and deep circular centre, standing on a low footring. The front is decorated with a central medallion containing a lotus flower surrounded by eight petal-shaped panels each containing a lotus flower with a ground of close-set spirals. On the back of the rim there are four 'herbal sprigs' situated where the rim meets the well.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 11 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1740 CE - 1750 CE

Note

This bowl or deep dish is a copy of a Chinese blue and white porcelain original of the Yongzheng period (1723-35). It was formerly attributed to Dublin, and later to Liverpool.

School or Style

Oriental

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
slightly pinkish Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, coated with slightly pinkish tin-glaze, and painted in blue; two peg marks and a flaw in the glaze where there would have been a third
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1749-1928
Primary reference Number: 72551
Old object number: 214

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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