IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77389 accession number: MAR.C.69-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Earthenware with creamy-white tin-glaze, painted in blue and reduced-pigment copper-lustre. Circular with a slightly everted rim, deep sloping rim, and curved well with a convex boss in the centre. The front is painted with three blue sprays of leaves. Between them, all painted in lustre, there are three birds pecking fruit, amongst small striped leaves on meandering stems which completely fill the background. The boss is lustred overall. The edge is encircled by a broad band of lustre. On the reverse, the lustre appears more red, and comprises numerous oval and incomplete oval outlines scattered over the surface. Two suspension holes were bored through the rim before firing. object type: tin-glazed earthenware dish, painted in blue and copper lustre with birds and foliage title: dish NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before testator, Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C. B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77389 SUBJECTS ------------------- bird bird TECHNIQUES ---------- earthenware, moulded, with creamy-white tin-glaze, painted in blue and copper-lustre, and reduction-fired tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: Spanish lustreware DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1699 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1699 culture: 17th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Manises pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 38.1 dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.4 CITATIONS -------- Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/MAR_C_69_1912_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/mid_MAR_C_69_1912_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/MAR_C_69_1912_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/preview_MAR_C_69_1912_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/MAR_C_69_1912_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/mid_MAR_C_69_1912_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/MAR_C_69_1912_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/preview_MAR_C_69_1912_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels