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Girl with Grapes Sharing the Gains
Factory:
F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
Painter:
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
(After)
Pot and lid. The pot pale is buff earthenware, marbled on the exterior in grey. The lid is white earthenware decorated with a multi-colour underglaze transfer print. The cylindrical pot splays out slightly towards the base, which is recessed. At the top it has a ledge to support the cover, which is domed with a narrow rim. The cover is decorated on top with Girl with Grapes also known as Sharing the Gains inscribed 'MURILLO PINX' below; border Fig. VIII g.. The transfer-print has integral initials 'JA' for Jesse Austin (1806-79) at the bottom. On the base of the pot, printed in pink 'J GOSNELL & Co/L [indistinct LONDON] within an oval frame with a tied ribbon at the bottom, the name of the firm for whom the pot was commissioned.
History note: Probably bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Circa
1855
CE
-
1865
CE
Pot
composed of
earthenware
( buff-coloured)
Lid
composed of
white earthenware
Diameter 9.9 cm
Base
Diameter 9.5 cm
Over Lid
Height 9.2 cm
Decoration
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: within an oval frame with a tied ribbon at the bottom
Accession number: GPL.125 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 27288
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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