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Dish with a seated cock on the cover: C.2734 & A-1928

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Dish with a seated cock on the cover

Maker(s)

Production: The Ewer Factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple and red

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple, and red. The oval dish has a slightly convex base, convex sides with a wavy stem of tendrils, flowers and buds in relief, and a shaped upper edge with three scallops and a small v-shape repeated round it, within which is a ledge on which the cover rests. The domed oval cover has a knob or handle in the form of a seated cock which is hollow underneath. The sides of the dish are yellowish-green, the stem and tendrils are painted in blue, the flowers in yellow and red, and the buds in red. The cover is green, and the cock is painted in all the colours.

Notes

History note: Mr Alexander, Salisbury from whom bought in 1892 or 1893 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
Circa 1760 CE - 1800 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Lower Part Length 12.4 cm Width 10 cm

Materials used in production

blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple and red High-temperature colours
bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing
Painting
Moulding

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: the first letter is an L the other letters are of the same size but of mixed capitals and lower case letters

  • Text: lPKan
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2734 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73991
Old object number: 44

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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