Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
(Uncertain)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow greyish-white, pale brown, and manganese-purple; the underside is unglazed. The shallow rectangular house has three storeys with shuttered mullioned windows, and on the ground floor three doors. The high pitched tiled roof has three dormer windows, and at the back, three chimneys; the back and the gable end walls have no windows. The walls on the front are yellow. Those on the left and right gable walls are yellow, with manganese-purple brickwork in the gable. The back wall is yellow with pale brown and greyish-white cream pebble dashing. The shutters on the ground floor are yellow, on the second floor, blue, and on the third floor, dark green, as are two of the dormers. The window bars are manganese-purple.
Notes
History note: Lovett Collection; sold Puttick & Simpson, London, 6 March, 1903, Lovett Sale, lot ; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Depth: 4.3 cm
Height: 15.3 cm
Length: 17.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
19th Century
1800
-
1899
Note
Although the doorways are narrow, it would have been possible to place pastilles inside the house.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple and greyish-white)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
Apertures
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Slab building
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2336-1928
Primary reference Number: 76721
Old object number: 1478
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 20 May 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
