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Cover: C.80.34A-1997

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Description

White earthenware toy dinner service oval tureen cover, bat-printed in puce with a mother and child.

Oval tureen cover from part of a toy dinner service. White earthenware with pale-blue tinted glaze, bat-printed in puce and banded in blue enamel. One side of the cover is decorated with a mother seated on a stool (one leg only visible), with a child standing in front of her. The other side is decorated with a man and woman seated on a chair with a small child beside the woman. The cover is part of C.80.34 & A-1997.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Length: 8.2 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1815 CE - 1825 CE

Note

English, probably Staffordshire or Tyneside

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue)

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing : White earthenware with pale-blue tinted glaze, bat-printed in puce and banded in blue enamel.

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.80.34A-1997
Primary reference Number: 76109
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 22 December 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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