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Jacob wakened by the Angel: C.2471-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jacob wakened by the Angel

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dish, painted in blue with Jacob awakened by an Angel with a landscape background and a border of flowers and scrolling foliage

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 28 cm
Height: 3.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, third quarter
Circa 1660 CE - 1670 CE

Note

Dishes with scrolling floral borders were fashionable from about 1650 to 1670

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)
Holes

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2471-1928
Primary reference Number: 73561
Old object number: 386

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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