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Swiss Peasant Girl: C.3160B-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Swiss Peasant Girl

Maker(s)

Factory: Rockingham China Works

Entities

Categories

Description

Biscuit porcelain, moulded and gilded; a pair with Swiss Boy C.3160A-1928

Notes

History note: Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, by whom given on 28 September 1927 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Swinton ⪼ Yorkshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1826 - 1830

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: over a griffin impressed

  • Text: ROCKINGHAM/WORKS/BRAMELD
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3160B-1928
Primary reference Number: 140228
Old object number: 4969b
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 22 October 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 17 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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