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Plate: C.20-1920

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: uncertain

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in green and manganese-purple with a bunch of grapes on a stem with leaves, surrounded by a wavy stem with berries at intervals inside and outside it

Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in green, and greyish manganese-purple. Circular with a sloping rim.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs T. T. Greg

Measurements and weight

Depth: 22.8 cm
Height: 2.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920-12-11) by Greg, T. T., Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1720 CE - 1760 CE

Note

Origin uncertain, but not thought to be English

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glaze

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.20-1920
Primary reference Number: 73006

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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