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Shepherdess
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
White earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange under lead-glaze. A shepherdess and a lamb standing beside a tree stump.
History note: Sotheby’s, 9 March 1909, lot 120 with another item; bought for £2. 2s. 0d. by S. Fenton on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, fRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1795
-
1810
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( metallic oxides)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
white Earthenware
Moulded : White earthenware, moulded, assembled, fired to biscuit, painted underglaze in blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little black, lead-glazed, and fired again
Accession number: C.846-1928
Primary reference Number: 76219
Old object number: 3007
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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