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Factory: Wedgwood
White earthenware (pearlware), transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Circular with narrow sloping border, shallow sides and very slightly convex centre. Decorated overall with 'Blue Bamboo' (or 'New Chinese pattern with Urn'). A vase decorated with a seated figure playing a stringed musical instrument is standing on a low table flanked by bamboo and flowering plants. The sides are decorated with a trellis band, and the rim with a floral border.
History note: Collection of Swann Hurrell, 30 Thompson’s Lane, Cambridge and from 1891, St Leonard’s (d. 1897); his niece, Miss Emily Beales, ‘Hurrell’, St Leonard’s on Sea
Given by Miss Emily Beales
Diameter: 20.6 cm
Height: 2.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1915-06-26) by Beales, Emily, Miss
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1805
CE
-
1815
CE
Wedgwood & Byerley or Josiah Wedgwood II
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue ( in printing medium)
Moulding : White earthenware (pearlware), transfer-printed underglaze in blue.
Inscription present: sideways
Accession number: C.9-1915
Primary reference Number: 11927
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11927 Accessed: 2024-12-18 12:45:21
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11927
|title=Plate
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 12:45:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-11927
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_9_1915_281_29.jpg"
alt="Plate"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Plate</figcaption>
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