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Slipware dish decorated with tulips, heads, the initials SVHG and date 1703
Pale red earthenware, thrown, the front coated with white slip, and slip trailed in white, pale brown and dark brown under yellowish lead-glaze; the reverse is undecorated. The dish is circular with a wide sloping rim, deep curved sides, and almost flat base. The well is decorated with a pale brown cross with a tulip at the end of each arm and with four dark brown, bewigged male heads in the spaces, each with a bulb or crown resting on the top of their head. In the spaces between the motifs are the initials 'S V H G' and the date '1703' in dark brown. The sloping border is decorated with six bewigged heads in dark brown slip alternating with six tulips in pale brown slip. All the motifs are outlined with dots of white slip over dark brown slip outlines.
History note: Lady Harvey (née Magdalen Breadalbane Pringle 1836-1913),Maresfield Gardens, South Hampstead, NW; collection sold to George Stoner from whom purchased for £40 on 17 June 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 33.5 cm
Height: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early
Queen Anne
Production date:
dated
AD 1703
Decoration
composed of
slip
( pale brown, dark brown, and creamy-white)
Front Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Front
pale red Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique) : Pale red earthenware, the front coated with cream slip and decorated with slip trailing in pale brown, dark brown and cream under lead-glaze; the reverse is undecorated
Inscription present: slip-trailed in dark brown with white dots over it
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with cut top corners and red printed lines down the sides
Accession number: C.222-1928
Primary reference Number: 73261
Old object number: 3531
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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