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Deep dish: C.2283-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Rouen pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Lille pottery (Possibly)

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Description

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.

Notes

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.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early
Circa 1700 - 1725

Note

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.

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt oxide
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Holes

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue; two holes are pierced through the footring

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2283-1928
Primary reference Number: 76696
Old object number: 1364

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 1 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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