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Production: Unidentified
Tin-glazed and painted earthenware deep sided plate decorated with a half-length bust of William III surrounded by
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and yellow with greyish-dark blue outlines. Circular with a wavy, gadrooned (16 lobes), and everted rim, deep sides and fluted centre, standing on a footring. In the middle is a half-length figure of William III wearing a crown and wig, with below, a spray of leaves which projects on either side of him. The rim is encircled by a continuous stem bearing blue and green leaves and four stylized yellow tulips. There is a peg mark and the remains of two others on the underside of the rim.
History note: Mr Blake, Wincanton, who sent it on approval to Cambridge, where purchased for £2.10s.0d. on 13 January 2017 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 16.2 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1689
CE
-
1702
CE
Dishes and plates various fluted and lobed forms were imported into the Netherlands from Italy in the late 16th century and were produced in large numbers in the Netherlands during the 17th century.
When acquired by Glaisher the dish was believed to have been made in Wincanton in Somerset.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, greyish-dark blue)
pale buff
Earthenware
white
Tin-glaze
Moulded
: Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and greyish-dark blue
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2643-1928
Primary reference Number: 73845
Old object number: 3865
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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