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Cup: C.2312-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Nevers factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and dark manganese-purple with floral sprays, horizontal bands, and simplified leaves

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white, and painted in blue and dark manganese-purple. The cup is in the form of a small wine glass. It has a rounded bucket-shaped bowl with an everted rim, a baluster stem, and a domed foot. The bowl is decorated with a continuous spray of simple flowers and leaves painted in blue with manganese-outlines, and with a horizontal blue band above and below. The baluster stem has four horizontal blue bands of different widths. The foot has a radiating band of blue petals or leaves alternating with one or two short strokes, and a line close to the outer edge.

Notes

History note: J. Taurin, 4 Place Bartéléme, Rouen, where bought for 25 francs on 31 May 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 - 1799

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colours ( blue and dark manganese)
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Foot Diameter 5.6 cm
Rim Of Bowl Diameter 5 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique) : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue and dark manganese

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2312-1928
Primary reference Number: 76713
Old object number: 3687

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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