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Production: Unidentified Friesland factory
Buff earthenware, the reverse slip-coated and lead-glazed, the front tin-glazed and painted in yellow and manganese-purple. The dish is circular with deep curved sides and everted rim, standing on a wide, shallow footring. Inside there is a three-quarter length figure of a woman holding a trumpet in her right hand. She wears two feathers on top of her head and a dress with a decolleté neckline, a pointed bodice, and a wide, striped skirt. Round the rim there are three narrow manganese concentric circles.
History note: Christie's, 5 April 1934, Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery and Porcelain and Miniatures formed by Mrs. M.L. Clarke Deceased, late of Toronto, Canada, p. 10, part of lot 66; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, by which transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 31.2 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-01-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th century
Circa
1700
-
1800
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( yellow and manganese-purple)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
slip
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: half of a rectangular label with cut corners and red border
Accession number: C.314-1991
Primary reference Number: 74425
Packing number: EURCER 145
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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