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Plate: C.2287-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with a basket of flowers and fruit in the centre, and an elaborate border of swags, scrolls, and trellis pattern on the sides

Pinkish-buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale green, yellow, and dull red. Circular with a sloping sides and a flat base; on the reverse there are three stilt marks. In the middle of the front is a basket containing stylized flowers and two pomegranates. The sides are decorated with a wide Baroque style border comprising swags of flowers and foliage, linked by scrolls to shaped panels of trellis pattern. On the reverse of the side there is an 'M' in blue.

Notes

History note: Jules Taurin, antiquaire, 4 Place Barthélémy and 3 rue Damiette (by the church of Saint Maclou), Rouen; bought for 1100 francs (£10.10d. at the then rate of exchange) on 21 October 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 24 cm
Height: 3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Louis XV
Production date: rca AD 1750

Note

Am unmarked plate of comparable design attributed to Rouen is in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, inv. no. C2395.

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and dull red)
Surface composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

pinkish-buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow and red high temperature colours

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: M
  • Location: On exterior on side
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2287-1928
Primary reference Number: 73310
Old object number: 4622

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 1 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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