IDENTIFIERS
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id:	11985
accession number:	C.118-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 3 February 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: White earthenware (whiteware) decorated with lustre (iron, platinum and gold) applied with a feather to produce a grey, pink and orange variegated effect on both sides. The dish is in the form of the shell pecten japonicum.
title:	pecten shell dish

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11985


SUBJECTS
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Pecten japonicum
Pecten japonicum



TECHNIQUES
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white earthenware (whiteware) decorated with lustre (iron, platinum and gold) applied with a feather to produce a grey, pink and orange variegated effect on both sides.
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: lead-glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1810 - 1825
creation date earliest:	1810
creation date latest:	1825
culture:	George III
culture:	Regency

CREATORS
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maker: Wedgwood

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 20.7



CITATIONS
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Wedgwood Pattern Book
The Wedgwood Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Shapes 1878
Wedgwood Queen's ware Shape Book
Fairyland Lustre
Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum
Wedgwood
Wedgwood Whiteware
Wedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionary
The Dictionary of Wedgwood
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