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Dish: C.1358-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue in Oriental style

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The glaze is rather uneven on the back, and appears pinkish in places. Circular with a wide sloping rim, and curved sides, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with a circular medallion containing a vase of flowers standing on a table in a Chinese garden with two flying birds. On the rim there are twelve panels containing sprays of flowers reserved in formal scroll and plant ornament. All the decoration is slightly blurred. On the back within the footring, there is a running fox, over an *, with below, the initials' * I*E *' over the date '1720'.

Notes

History note: Francis Bennett-Goldney (1865-1918), Abbots Barton, Canterbury; sold Puttick & Simpson, 4 March 1920, English delft and ancient Roman pottery, Major F. Bennett-Goldney, lot 139; bought by Frank Stoner for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaidsher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 53.8 cm
Height: 9.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early#
George I
Production date: dated AD 1720

School or Style

Chinese

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: small asterisk before, between and after initials

  • Text: * I * E* /1720
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners

  • Location: On back above inscription
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1358-1928
Primary reference Number: 71863
Old object number: 4778
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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