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The Battle for the Breeches
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Potter
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1660
CE
-
1700
CE
The central design of 'The Battle for the Breeches' was probably derived from a woodcut which appeared on numerous broadside ballads during the 17th century, for example, 'The Jolly Widdower: or A Warning for Batchelors' in the Pepys Collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Accession number: C.183-1928
Primary reference Number: 72728
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Battle for the Breeches" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72728 Accessed: 2024-11-06 00:16:40
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