A Letter from the Diggings
Factory:
F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On the top 'A Letter from the Diggings', inscribed 'A LETTER FROM THE DIGGINGS'; border Fig. VIII f. (Williams-Wood, p. 103), signed 'J AUSTIN Sc'.
History note: No information about date or whereabouts of purchase
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Decoration
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: GPL.131-1928
Primary reference Number: 14846
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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