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Tile: C.2805-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted and sponged in dark blue. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, a man and a boy facing a man holding a small bag, with a large sack between them; landscape background; ox-head corners.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 13.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2805-1928
Primary reference Number: 15694
Old object number: Gl. 542
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 17 December 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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