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The Descent from the Cross
Unknown
(Production)
Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue. In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'The Descent from the Cross', inscribed below 'Ioan.19:38'. There is a hole in the top right corner and in the lower left corner.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.3 cm
Width: 12.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue) Front composed of tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2804.51-1928
Primary reference Number: 15691
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 (2022)
"The Descent from the Cross"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15691 Accessed: 2022-05-24 04:55:45
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Accession Number: K.30
Accession Number: P.4171-R
Accession Number: MAR.C.63-1912
Accession Number: P.9476-R
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