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Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue, green and yellow with half-length figures of King William III and Mary II, dated 1693, surrounded by a floral border
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue, bluish-green, and yellow. The circular dish has a wavy, everted edge, gadrooned rim and deep well with a convex centre, and stands on a footring. The well is decorated with half-length figures of William III and Mary II with initials 'WR . MR' below, and the date, '1693' above. Both are crowned. William wears a voluminous wig, a cravat and armour, and Mary has ear-length hair, and wears a necklace, and a dress with an indecently low neckline. On either side of them there is a curving tulip on a stem with several leaves. The curved rim is encircled by a continuous stem of tulips and daisies flanked by tendrils and separated by foliage.
History note: George Stoner, London; from whom bought for £14 on 13 December 1909 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.4 cm
Height: 7.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Production date:
dated
AD 1693
Dishes of this moulded gadrooned form were imported into the Netherlands from Italy in the late 16th and early 17th century, and were made in Delft and elsewhere in the United Provinces in large numbers during the second half of the century.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, bluish-dark green, and yellow)
Footring
Diameter 11.5 cm
perhaps a coating of kwaart as very shiny
Lead-glaze
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, bluish-dark green, and yellow high temperature (oxide) colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2637-1928
Primary reference Number: 73835
Old object number: 3102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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