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Production: Unidentified
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in pale shades of blue, green, and yellow with bluish-black outlines. The dish is circular with a scalloped edge, gadrooned rim and sides, and slightly convex centre, standing on a footring. In the middle there is a peacock standing among stems of tulips and other flowers, with a ribbon at their base. The rim is encircled by a continuous wavy stem bearing alternating tulips and daisy-like flowers with tendrils and leaves.
History note: Miss Samuel's, 5 Gray’s Inn Lane, London, from whom purchased about 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.8 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second half#
Circa
1660
-
1700
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, green, yellow and bluish-black)
Foot
Diameter 11.5 cm
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in pale blue, pale green,yellow with bluish-black outlines
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2630-1928
Primary reference Number: 73825
Old object number: 995
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73825 Accessed: 2024-04-25 00:38:53
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