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Tulip Charger
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, pale greenish-turquoise, yellow and orange, with a vase containing tulips and carnations, and inscribed 'M/G E' over '1676' ; blue dash border
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale greenish-turquoise, yellow and orange; the reverse covered with pale slip and slightly greenish lead-glaze. Circular with curved sides, and everted rim, standing on a footring. Decorated with a symmetrical group of formal tulips and carnations springing from a two-handled globular vase. Reserved amongst the flowers is a medallion containing the initials and date 'M/G E' over '1676'. The edge is encircled by a yellow band and blue dashes
History note: Mr Stoner of Stoner and Evans, London, from whom purchased for £30 on 12 June 1914 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 32.2 cm
Diameter: 12 13/16 in
Height: 2 11/16 cm
Height: 6.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1676
Shape, Archer, 1997, A
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( greenish-buff)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue, pale greenish-turquoise, yellow and orange)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Inscription present: the M raised above, but centrally placed between G and E, the date '1676' below the initials.
Accession number: C.1485-1928
Primary reference Number: 72074
Old object number: 4607
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tulip Charger" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72074 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:40:24
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