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Plate: C.2214-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: uncertain (Possibly)

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Description

Plate, maiolica, decorated with fruit and floral sprays.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thick and speckled with black. Painted in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple.
Circular with waved and cusped reeded edge, sloping rim, curved sides and flat centre.
In the centre there is an arrangement of fruits on leaves: a peach or plum, a lemon, a cherry and an almond. On the rim, four sprays of stylised flowers and foliage alternate with four butterflies.

Notes

History note: Cambridge, where purchased in January 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23.0 cm
Height: 3.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1745 CE - 1760 CE

Note

Northern Italy; perhaps Lombardy, Pavia or Lodi

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thick and speckled with black. Painted in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2214-1928
Primary reference Number: 80802

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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