1592996620000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-73119 1752602719370 1730198833000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-73119 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73119 21e35283-aa85-3809-a05c-a5b1bfe7164d 14 person reference agent-152292 adlib-agent-152292 9d8ac806-b9cf-354a-b717-8f0347f5b571 mermaid reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-113734 adlib-term-113734 970420d6-1d9a-3b78-a595-7a1b2fd9b757 slipware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher brown, dark brown and cream reference term-34794 adlib-term-34794 de23d2db-1e19-38a6-9db0-80f062e799ca slip Front Decoration yellowish reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Surface Decoration brown and dark brown reference term-120063 adlib-term-120063 2bb093e1-00f9-33a9-9146-854f6bbd206a slip-trailing Front cream or white reference term-120058 adlib-term-120058 9e43c4bc-1f48-3a76-b4ea-7075449f5add slip-coating yellowish reference term-120062 adlib-term-120062 d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206 lead-glazing reference term-1111 adlib-term-1111 46c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09 mythology Applied Arts Circular earthenware dish coated with cream slip and slip-trailed in two shades of brown with a mermaid holding a mirror, a trellis border, and the name RALPH TOFT. Buff earthenware, thrown, the front coated with cream slip and decorated with slip-trailing in brown and dark brown, 'jewelling' in cream slip, and yellowish lead-glaze. The reverse is undecorated. Circular with a wide sloping rim, which has warped, and a well with deep curved sides, and flat central area. A suspension hole has been bored through the rim close to the top edge. The well is occupied by a mermaid with long wavy hair, who has her left arm raised and on her right supports a comb. Below her is a wave, and on the viewer's right, three circles, from which a stylized flower and a wavy-edged leaf extend towards the edge of the well. The outlines of the figure, waves, and plant motif are edged by cream 'jewels'. The rim is decorated with a trellis in both shades of brown slip, broken at the bottom, by a panel slip trailed with the name, 'RALPH: TOFT'. 71 reference exhibition-3312 adlib-exhibition-3312 4c3c3696-a861-334e-a4fe-c4c9c0d65aff Magdalene Odundo: The Journey of Things 51 reference exhibition-3299 adlib-exhibition-3299 fa308a0a-6a0e-3dd2-b093-cc3e15f3c694 Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery C.211-1928 1 accession number C.211-1928 73119 priref 73119 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 14 old object number 3458 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73119 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73119 slip trailed within a rectangular outline on lower part of rim slip trailed in dark brown RALPH:TOFT inscription rectangular white paper stick-on label with two upper corners cut, and a dark blue line round the sides and top edge. near middle of reverse hand-written in black ink No 3458/Large slip/ware dish/with mermaid/signed Ralph/Toft/b. London/May 22.1911 label 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 the Glaisher collection of ceramics was entered in the accessionr register as one item on the date of Dr Glaisher's death 1670 1670 1670 circa 1670 1690 dishes dated 1676 and 1677 are recorded with the signature RALPH:TOFT 1 1690 1690 1690 potter reference agent-135306 adlib-agent-135306 530dc64f-1acf-32ce-8ec4-031abf060143 Toft, Ralph reference term-106453 adlib-term-106453 60056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a9 17th Century, Late buff reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Diameter cm 45.5 Height cm 7.1 reference media-200137 adlib-media-200137 e31d77a7-3d18-31c2-bde3-64bfd1bd4093 jpeg aa/aa35/large_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 945 width pixels 1024 1742598182718 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/mid_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 461 width pixels 499 1742598182718 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 946 width pixels 1025 1742598182718 1 image jpeg aa/aa35/preview_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 231 width pixels 250 1742598182718 1 image 0 media image reference media-39198 adlib-media-39198 fcc4a554-2d82-36f2-ab0f-16d953d0eda2 jpeg aa/aa7/C_211_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742582815865 1 image jpeg aa/aa7/mid_C_211_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1742582815865 1 image jpeg aa/aa7/C_211_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742582815865 1 image jpeg aa/aa7/preview_C_211_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1742582815865 1 image 1 media image reference media-2333438641 portfolio portfolio-media-2333438641 9c8113bb-8ac7-3d3b-bc80-fabdebecbe1f jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/318/57/large_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 945 width pixels 1024 1511571313000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/318/57/mid_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 462 width pixels 500 1511571313000 1 image C.211-1928_201607_adn21_mas.tif 1511571313000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/318/57/preview_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 231 width pixels 250 1511571313000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/318/57/C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 4771 width pixels 5169 1511571313000 1 image 2 media image reference media-367657327 portfolio portfolio-media-367657327 f80fac4b-df00-308b-8d46-39065f341f6f jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/655/131/large_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 945 width pixels 1024 1560507181000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/655/131/mid_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 462 width pixels 500 1560507181000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/655/131/C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 2769 width pixels 3000 1560507181000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/655/131/preview_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 231 width pixels 250 1560507181000 1 image 3 media image reference media-1757505308 portfolio portfolio-media-1757505308 1c053300-34f7-34f1-af44-cefb7bc6844f jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/41/250/large_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 945 width pixels 1024 1695946288000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/41/250/mid_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 462 width pixels 500 1695946288000 1 image C.211-1928_201607_adn21_mas.tif 1695946288000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/1/41/250/preview_C_211_1928_201607_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 231 width pixels 250 1695946288000 1 image 4 media image reference term-90855 adlib-term-90855 b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dac dish history note George Stoner, London, from whom bought for £80 on 22 May1911 by Dr J.W.L. 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dish reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. I, p. 36, no. 211, vol. II, pl. 22A 36 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. pl. 336. 32-45 reference publication-200002184 adlib-publication-200002184 678df758-e93c-3254-a4f8-2b7f5fde1745 Thomas Toft and Associated Slipware Potters Cf. p. 26, no. 22, a dish with a less accomplished version of the mermaid image, signed RALPH:TOFT. ` A modern copy of this dish is in the Potteries Museum, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, accession no. 1990 P467. 26 reference publication-3304 adlib-publication-3304 02d040bc-65f1-3f07-abb2-2db5d02de3d5 The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English Pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery Publ. p. 75, no. 13, and fig. 206. For Ralph Toft and a list of seventeen recorded dishes, see pp. 71-5. Cf. fig. 205, a dish with a much less accomplished image of a mermaid, signed RALPH:TOFT, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. 75 reference publication-3872 adlib-publication-3872 095bf046-2a51-3823-b3ce-31fa177ac457 English Slipware Dishes 1650-1850 reference publication-3740 adlib-publication-3740 7cd4be7b-7dca-301f-a543-f177accb5a10 A Collector's History of English Pottery reference publication-3726 adlib-publication-3726 12e7e7eb-e1c1-33b4-bf72-1d2470887c6e A Collector's History of English Pottery Ref. p. 8, fig. 1 The author provides a genealogical table showing two generations of Ralph Tofts. 5-34 reference publication-200003124 adlib-publication-200003124 25f09e20-98a0-3d02-9a85-622b18c02394 The Enduring Mystery of Thomas Toft 256-257 reference publication-8561 adlib-publication-8561 9a447c71-fc47-380d-bb1f-292697781680 Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery reference publication-8738 adlib-publication-8738 89b64a55-e9e0-3f92-adff-c2db1ed75dbe Magdalene Odundo: The Journey of Things people reference term-116936 adlib-term-116936 76f07028-1ffc-3c87-99d4-cec2e0ec0a6b mermaid object name reference term-110126 adlib-term-110126 64d755bb-1241-3dfb-a0f4-d10fcfa2000a comb literal mermaid mermaid literal comb comb

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dish buff earthenware, thrown, the front coated with cream slip, slip-trailed in brown and dark brown, 'jewelled' in cream slip, and coated with yellowish lead-glaze; the reverse is undecorated. A suspension hole has been bored through the rim near the top edge. reference term-120082 adlib-term-120082 ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7e throwing object OBJECT