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A Chinese woman fishing accompanied by a boy
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Printer:
Sadler, John
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and transfer-printed in grey-black. A Chinese woman fishing accompanied by a boy; simple scroll border. Signed in right-hand corner 'Sadler/Liverpool'.
History note: Purchased from Mr Sidney Hand, Grafton Street, London, W. 1. for £2 on 9th June, 1922 by Dr J.W.L. glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.7 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1758
CE
-
1761
CE
The scene on this tile is from Jean Pillement, et al (Robert Hancock, Anthony Walker and others.), The Ladies Amusement or the Art of Japanning Made Easy, London (Robert Sayer), 1760. 'January' from the ‘12 Months of the Year’ series, depicting Women in Oriental settings.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( grey-black)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1740-1928
Primary reference Number: 15450
Old object number: 3786C
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Chinese woman fishing accompanied by a boy" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15450 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:24:54
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