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Pottery: Unidentified Nevers pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow and black inside with St Joseph leading the boy Christ by the hand and inscribed in the border 'Rd JosePh Arnaud recteur de notre dame de Bonnes nouvelles 1757
History note: Paris, where purchased on 22 November 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Production date:
dated
AD 1757
: on purchase Dr Glaisher believed this to be a modern reproduction, but Rackham, 1935, catalogued it as of the date inscribed on it
When Glaisher purchased this écuelle he believed it to be a modern reproduction
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow and black)
Bowl
Accession number: C.2322 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73361
Old object number: 2226
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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