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A Peasant Couple walking in a Landscape
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Perhaps)
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and decorated with powdered manganese, and painting in blue. Square. Painted in blue within a square reserve with cut corners is a peasant couple walking in a landscape; powdered manganese ground with a quarter rosette in each corner. There is a small hole in the top left and in the lower right corner.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1750
CE
Identified as Dutch on accession, but probably made in London or possibly Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and powdered manganese)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2836-1928
Primary reference Number: 15409
Old object number: 513
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) "A Peasant Couple walking in a Landscape" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15409 Accessed: 2024-12-31 09:30:06
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