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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
unidentified Dutch pottery
(Perhaps)
Buff earthenware, thrown, the cover pierced and luted on, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, pierced, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. Circular bowl with deep curved sides and projecting rim, standing on a footring. The domed cover, which is luted to the bowl, has a large central hole and sixteen smaller ones. The sides and cover are decorated with Chinese figures standing or sitting in front of a fence amongst hillocks and shrubs. Three narrow bands run round the central hole and the edge of the cover.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 18.5 cm
Height: 10.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Circa
1690
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
The bowl was probably made in England but might have been made in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. The Chinese figures and landscapes were derived from Ming Transitional style Chinese porcelain
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Bowl
Cover
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.2525-1928
Primary reference Number: 73662
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Flower stand" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73662 Accessed: 2024-12-27 16:33:45
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