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Seated Woman playing the Lute (missing): C.3183-1928

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Seated Woman playing the Lute (missing)

Maker(s)

Factory: Ludwigsburg Porcelain Factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt

Notes

History note: London, 1917

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Ludwigsburg ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1765 CE - 1770 CE

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: crown over interlaced Cs
  • Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: S3’ and ‘P.ZO’
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3183-1928
Primary reference Number: 140242
Old object number: 5012

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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