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Duck
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow two-shades of manganse-purple, red, and a little grey
Buff earthenware, moulded in the shape of a swimming duck with its left wing raised vertically, resting on a very slightly convex oval base with a ventilation hold in the middle, tin-glazed overall and painted in pale blue, green, yellow, red, two-shades of manangese-purple, and a little grey on the beak. The edge of the base is manganese-purple.
History note: Vendor in Cambridge; Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased for £15 on 28 August 1927 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.4 cm
Length: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1740
-
1760
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours
buff
Earthenware
greyish
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in pale blue, green, yellow, red, two shades of manganese-purple, and grey
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2754-1928
Primary reference Number: 74026
Old object number: 4951
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Duck" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74026 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:00:03
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