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The House on the Bridge
Production: John and William Turner (Perhaps)
White earthenware dish drainer, transfer-printed underglaze in blue with a Chinese landscape, The House on the Bridge.
White earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Octagonal but with rounded sides, pierced in the centre by a large circular hole, surrounded by groups of small holes. A Chinese landscape, 'The House on the Bridge', with two persons on the bridge, and two men fishing in the foreground. Continuous branch border.
Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
Height: 3.0 cm
Length: 34.2 cm
Width: 23.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
The drainer was attributed to the Turner factory, but an underglaze blue crescent is not a mark used by it.
Decoration
Inscription present: a crescent
Inscription present: blue strip label
Inscription present: blue strip label
Inscription present: blue strip label
Accession number: C.3-1991
Primary reference Number: 74492
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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