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Production:
The White Star Factory
Proprietor of factory:
Berg, Dirck van den
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with rural scenes
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. The circular, tub-shaped butter dish has horizontal reeding at the top and bottom of the sides, and two upright pierced arch-shaped lugs on opposing sides. The very slightly convex cover has shallow rectangular indentations cut in the edge to accommodate the lugs, and a vertical shaped handle with a rectangular hole in the lower edge. The sides of the tub are decorated with a continuous landscape with buildings and trees. On one side a man is walking to the left holding a staff in his right hand. On the other side, two farm labourers are raking hay, and there are three haycocks in the background. Each lug is decorated with a rosette. The upper half of the top of the cover is decorated with a building on the right, and a man walking to the left between two trees. The lower half has three haycocks, two men raking hay , and on the right, a a girl holding a rake. On the base is the factory mark.
History note: Van Herck, Grand Place, Antwerp, from whom purchased for £3 on 20 June 1907 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 13 cm
Height: 6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late#
Circa
1776
CE
-
1793
CE
The White Star Factory (De Witte Ster) operated in Delft between 1660 and 1804. The mark on this butter dish appears to be that used during the directorship of Dirck van den Berg between 1776 and 93.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Tin-glazing : Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Inscription present: there is a dot over the first stroke of the D
Accession number: C.2450 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73532
Old object number: 2654
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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