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Production: Herculaneum Pottery (Perhaps)
Lead-glazed earthenware beaker, sponged in green and painted in yellow and brown with a fanciful bird.
Beaker. Earthenware sponged in green and painted in two shades of yellow and brown under blue tinted glaze. Of truncated conical shape with a recessed base. Decorated on the exterior with a fanciful bird perched amid foliage. The interior is decorated with a brown band round the rim.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.A. Tait
Diameter: 7.9 cm
Height: 7.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1993) by Tait, J. A., Dr
Circa 1790 CE - 1820 CE
Decoration composed of oxide colours
Lead-glazing : Earthenware sponged in green and painted in two shades of yellow and brown under blue tinted lead-glaze.
Accession number: C.12-1993
Primary reference Number: 71607
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Beaker (drinking vessel)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71607 Accessed: 2024-11-15 03:56:52
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