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Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple. The plate has an octagonal rim, slightly upturned on the edge, and and a shallow circular well, which is flat underneath. In the centre are the initials and date ‘MS/1686’, enclosed by a wreath with a yellow bulb at the bottom. The rim is decorated with eight plants, each with a bud, two pairs of leaves, and a yellow bulb at the bottom. On the edge there is a blue line with a narrow manganese-purple line within it.
History note: Henry Griffith collection; sold Sotheby’s 28 February, 1898, Decorative porcelain, pottery, silver plate, antique furniture and other works of art, part of lot 123; bought by Mr S. G. Fenton on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
James II
Production date:
dated
AD 1686
On accession the plate was attributed to Lambeth.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1440-1928
Primary reference Number: 72006
Old object number: 52
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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