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The Three Bells Factory
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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a quay scene and labeled 'MACUBA'
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall, except for the outer edge of the base, and painted in blue. The jar is ovoid with a short, everted neck. The centre of the base is slightly concave. On the front is a view of a quay with a seated European man in the middle, and on the left, beside a barrel, an native American standing holding a pipe with his back to the viewer. On the right there is another barrel, and a sack, and behind the quay, the masts and rigging of a ship. On each side there is a curved palm frond, and below, in a panel 'MACUBA' with two horizontal palm fronds below. The circular ebonized wood cover has sloping sides and a slightly domed top (not original).
History note: Unknown before G.H.W. Rylands, Litt D., CBE, CH, King's College, Cambridge
Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands
Diameter: 21.6 cm
Height: 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1997-07-14)
by
Rylands, G.H.W.
Second half of 18th century
Early 19th Century
Circa
1750
CE
-
1820
CE
The Three Bells Factory (DieDrie Klokken) operated in Delft between 1670 and 1840
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Cover
composed of
wood
( ebonized)
Diameter 13.3 cm
buff Earthenware Tin-glaze
Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.65 & A-1997
Primary reference Number: 75743
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Tobacco jar"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75743 Accessed: 2022-05-20 23:51:25
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