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A Rampant Lion: C.213-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

A Rampant Lion

Maker(s)

Production: Toft, Ralph

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Description

Earthenware, coated on the front in cream slip, and decorated with slip-trailing in reddish-brown, dark brown and cream under lead-glaze: a rampant lion surrounded by a trellis border, broken by a panel enclosing the name and date, 'RALPH TOFT 1676'

Notes

History note: Sotheby’s sale of 18 January 1912, lot 151; bought for £102 by Mr Harding (London dealer); bought from him for £130 on 31 January 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 46.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date: dated AD 1676

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Front composed of lead-glaze slip
Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.213-1928
Primary reference Number: 73148
Old object number: 3459
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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