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Plate: C.2369-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Niderviller factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware plate, painted in blue, green, yellow and dark puce enamels with floral sprays and a shell edge

Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, green, yellow, and dark puce enamels. The plate is circular with a wavy six-sided edge, sloping side, and flat centre. The central area is occupied by a bunch of foliage and flowers, including a large rose, and a tulip, and on the sloping rim there are three floral sprays and three smaller sprigs. The edge is painted in puce to resemble a shell edge.

Notes

History note: Albert Duss, Stuttgart, from whom purchased for 9 marks on 11 August 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23.5 cm
Height: 2.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1775

Note

The interlaced Cs mark indicates that the plate was made during the period of ownership of the Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory by Adam Philippe de Custine between 1771and 1784. He purchased the factory from Jean-Louis Beyerlé on 6 December 1770.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, and dark puce)
Surface composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow and dark puce enamels

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: a simplified crown over interlaced Cs
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue enamel
  • Type: Factory mark

Inscription present: a very faint scratched

  • Text: . . . R 17 . . .
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Scratched
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2369-1928
Primary reference Number: 73408
Old object number: 1405

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 June 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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