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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with stylized flowers
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The hand-warmer or flask is in the shape of a closed book with two clasps. It has a small round hole in the upper left corner of one cover. When the book is stood on end, it has a rectangular aperture in the top edge which extends down to the bottom inside the spine, which has four horizontal ridges its exterior. The covers are painted overall withscattered stylized flowers and foliage, possibly in Oriental style, all rather blurred. The edges of the pages are sponged and on the fore-edge have an inscription in darker blue: M 17: 09 D
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 3 cm
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 9.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Production date: dated AD 1709
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Part
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Slab-building
: Pale buff earthenwarte, tin-glazed and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: four small dots between the letter M and number, between 17 and 09, and beween the number and the letter D
Accession number: C.2516-1928
Primary reference Number: 73631
Old object number: R 1435
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Hand-warmer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73631 Accessed: 2024-04-18 12:45:31
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Accession Number: C.2262-1928
Accession Number: C.1428-1928
Accession Number: C.1429-1928
Accession Number: C.1451-1928
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