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Dish: C.2409-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow, and manganese-purple with a group of buildings and trees wthin a border of foliage and scrolls

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese, the reverse, slip-coated and lead-glazed. Circular with an everted edge, deeply sloping rim, and curved well, standing on a shallow footring. The well is decorated with a church and other buildings in in blue, yellow and manganese, flanked by sponged manganese trees, surrounded by three narrow blue concentric circles. The rim is encircled by a border comprising four oval panels filled with simple foliage alternating with pairs of manganese-purple scrolls. There are three spur marks in the well

Notes

History note: Bought at The Hague in 1893 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 31 cm
Height: 6.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, first half
1700 - 1750

Note

Perhaps made in Delft

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( slate-blue, olive-green, yellow, and manganese-purple from metallic oxides)
Reverse composed of lead-glaze
Surface composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique) : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the front and painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese, the reverse, slip-coated and lead-glazed.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2409-1928
Primary reference Number: 73461
Old object number: 397
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 October 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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