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The Pelican in her Piety
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Circular with a wide rim and deep well with curved sides, standing on a footrim. Decorated in the centre with a shield-shaped cartouche with a scrolled edge, in which is a pelican feeding two young from her breast.
History note: Puttick and Simpson, London, 6 June, 1919, lot 78; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 31.7 cm
Diameter: 12½ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Circa
1675
CE
-
1700
CE
The Pelican feeding her young from her own blood was a symbol of the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross to save humanity from sin
Decoration composed of cobalt
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, covered with thick and uneven white tin-glaze, and painted in blue
Accession number: C.1315-1928
Primary reference Number: 71778
Old object number: 4042
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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