Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, greyish-green, yellow, manganese-purple, and black with stylized plant motifs radiating from concentric circles in the middle
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the front, and painted in blue, greyish-green, yellow and manganese-purple. The reverse has clear, presumed lead glaze over cream slip. The dish is circular with an acutely sloping border, and curved well, and stands on a footring pierced by a suspension hole. The rim has warped during firing so that the depth of the dish is uneven. In the middle there are four concentric purple circles, from which radiate four petal-shaped outlines painted finely in black, with blue horizontal strokes over them. Each of these contains a stylized plant with a flower reminiscent of a lily. Between the petal outlines there are four radiating plants with a pair of blue leaves and a green bud or flower, and above them, near the rim, a pair of inward scrolls between sets of four blue strokes of graduated size. The rim is encircled by a broad purple band.
Notes
History note: Bought at Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 35.7 cm
Height: 7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Late
Circa
1765
-
1800
Components of the work
Dcoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, greyish-green, yellow, manganese-purple and black from metallic oxides)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
( presumed lead-glaze)
slip
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 14.7 cm
Decoration
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing (pottery technique)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2352-1928
Primary reference Number: 76725
Old object number: 86
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 16 September 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 16 September 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
