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Plate: C.1466-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware with slightly greenish tin-glaze, painted in blue, olive-green and manganese-purple. Circular with sloping rim, deep sides, and flat centre. Archer's shape J. The middle is decorated with a floral spray in a cornucopia-shaped container flanked by floral sprays springing from its base, enclosed by two narrow concentric blue circles. The rim is encircled by a border comprising a manganese-purple line, a scalloped blue line, and green dots.

Notes

History note: Bought in Soham (Cambs), where still in use, by Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, who sold it in 1893 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa 1750 CE - 1770 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, olive-green, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
slightly greenish Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, covered wth slightly greenish tin-glazed, and painted in blue, olive-green, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1466-1928
Primary reference Number: 72046
Old object number: 446

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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