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Boy and Girl with Baskets
Possibly
Wood, Ralph, II
(Pottery)
Lead-glazed cream earthenware painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, shades of green, pale yellow, pale lilac, brown and black enamels; the interior is glazed. A young man and woman are seated at different levels on a tree-stump, each holding a basket. He rests his basked on the stump on his right and she rests her basket on her knees in front of her. The young man wears a black hat, a white coat, yellow waistcoat, brown breeches, and black shoes; the girl has a white cap, a lilac bodice, a flowered skirt, and black shos. The mound and tree-stump are dappled in shades of green and brown.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1790
CE
-
1800
CE
Probably made by Ralph Wood II or another member of the Wood family
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, turquoise, green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, pale lilack, brown, and black)
cream Earthenware presumed lead-glaze Lead-glaze
Moulding : Cream earthenware, moulded inparts, assembled, lead-glazed, and painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, shades of green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, pale lilac, brown and black enamels; the interior is glazed.
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.897-1928
Primary reference Number: 76306
Old object number: 2347
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Boy and Girl with Baskets"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76306 Accessed: 2022-08-13 21:54:05
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Accession Number: PD.136-1948
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Accession Number: P.14342-R-77
Accession Number: P.119-1940
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