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The Skewbald Horse
Factory:
F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter:
Wouwerman, Philips
(After)
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
White earthenware, moulded, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly bluish, crazed glaze. Blue, yellow and red with a blackish-brown key plate. Circular with a sloping rim and flat central area. 'The Skewbald Horse', after Philips Wouwerman, inscribed 'P. WOUVERMANN PINX' and signed very faintly 'J AUSTIN Sc'. Encircled by a narrow border Fig. VIII j. (Williams-Wood, p. 103) and gilt line; outer 'harebell' border with a gilt line on the edge of the rim.
History note: Bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher in 1924
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Circa
1860
CE
-
1900
CE
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Moulding : White earthenware, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly bluish, crazed glaze, blackish-brown key plate
Accession number: GPL.159-1928
Primary reference Number: 15063
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) "The Skewbald Horse" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15063 Accessed: 2024-12-22 10:35:59
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University of Cambridge}}
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