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Pottery:
Vauxhall Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Lambeth
(Possibly)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, and red, Circular with a steeply sloping rim, deep curved sides and flat centre. Decorated in the centre with a rose spray, a thistle spray and a crown glanked by the initials, 'A R', enclosed by two narrow concentric blue circles. On the sides and rim there are two narrow blue circles, an orange between two wider yellow circles, and one blue circle.
History note: Sotheby's, 14 March, 1911, lot 265; bought by S. Fenton for £.3 7s.6d. on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1707
The plate commemorates the Act of Union of 1707
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, and red)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, and red high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Accession number: C.1457-1928
Primary reference Number: 72030
Old object number: 3384
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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