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Production:
Unidentified Rouen pottery
(Probably)
Production:
Unidentified Lille pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish with a scalloped edge, painted in blue with a central star motif and a lambrequin border
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in gradations of dark blue. The dish has a scalloped rim, deep curved and fluted sides, and stands on a footring which is pierced by two suspension holes. The centre is decorated with a eight-petalled flower imposed on an eight-pointed star surrounded by formal plant motifs. The upper edge is encircled by a border of eight linked lambrequins.
History note: Denis Perron, Rouen, from whom bought for 30 francs on 14 January 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early
Circa
1700
-
1725
This compotier was bought in Rouen and was attributed to Rouen by Bernard Rackham in his Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection . . . (1935) but it has also been attributed to Lille. See the Documentation.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Holes
buff Earthenware
Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue; two holes are pierced through the footring
Accession number: C.2283-1928
Primary reference Number: 76696
Old object number: 1364
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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