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The Blue Boy: GPL.68A-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Blue Boy

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

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Description

Earthenware pot lid with underglaze multicolour print 'The Blue Boy', after Thomas Gainsborough. With purple seaweed on sides

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
1850 - 1900

Materials used in production

Underglaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Transfer printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.68A-1928
Primary reference Number: 77128
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Blue Boy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77128 Accessed: 2024-03-28 14:21:34

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