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Tile picture. Composed of sixteen square and twenty border tiles. Earthenware, tin-glazed pinkish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese and blue. King William III wearing a crown, riding a horse prancing towards the left. His sash and the saddle-cloth are blue. In the foreground there are flowering plants and pebbles and in the background, clouds. At the top is an inscription: 'WILLIAM DE III KONING VAN. GROUT BRITANNIEN'. The border tiles are decorated with scrolling stems bearing foliage and formal flowers.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Square: 65.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1689
CE
-
1702
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( manganese and blue)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2843-1928
Primary reference Number: 15829
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) "Tile picture" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15829 Accessed: 2024-11-08 17:41:34
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|title=Tile picture
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 17:41:34|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_2843_1928.jpg"
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