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Tray: C.538-1928

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware tray with Chinese styled decoration

Off-white stoneware with salt glaze. Press moulded. Oval shaped with sloping sides and fluted rim, and a flat base. The centre is decorated with a Chinese landscape, with a Chinese man beside a building, a bird, and some trees. The sides are divided into 12 different sizes panels, 10 are decorated with flowers, one with a bird, and the last with a Chinese man.

Notes

History note: Bought at Sotheby’s, lot 27, November 18th 1907. Bought under the name of Godby.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 12.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1750

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Body

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.538-1928
Primary reference Number: 221646
Old object number: 2733

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 August 2017 Updated: Wednesday 16 August 2017

Associated departments & institutions

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

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