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Production: Herrmann, Johannes
History note: Chamonix, purchased from a shoemaker on the road to Les Bossons (a small village near Chamonix) for 12 francs on 14 September 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
dated
AD 1777
blue, green, yellow
Oxide colours
buff
Earthenware
red
Slip
Lead-glaze
Accession number: C.1901-1928
Primary reference Number: 72830
Old object number: 1671
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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