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Neptune and Triton
Probably
Wood, Ralph, II
(Potter)
Earthenware decorated with coloured glazes
Buff earthenware, moulded, and decorated with green, yellow and brownish-grey, grey, and dull flesh-pink lead-glazes. The vase is in the form of a hollow tree trunk with a figure of Neptune wearing a crown and short robe standing beside it, to his left, and to his left, a large dolphin, and at the back a triton's mask with a horn projecting from between its lips
History note: Bought in Cambridge
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1933-04)
18th century
Circa
1780
CE
-
Circa
1800
CE
Visible Surfaces composed of lead-glaze
Accession number: C.7-1933
Primary reference Number: 75903
Old object number: 47
Glaisher number: 869-1933
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Neptune and Triton"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75903 Accessed: 2022-05-21 09:33:20
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Accession Number: GR.33.1864
Accession Number: 903
Accession Number: MAR.C.1A-1912
Accession Number: 1183.26
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