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Virgin and Child
Pottery: Unidentified Delft Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese high temperature colours. The Virgin stands holding the Christ Child in her left arm, supported on a cylindrical pedestal on a square base, hollow underneath.\par
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History note: Bought in Lucerne in 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1799
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Press-moulding
: Earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glaze and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2750-1928
Primary reference Number: 74017
Old object number: 1225
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Virgin and Child" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74017 Accessed: 2024-12-18 14:12:22
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