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The Taking of Portobello
Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with ships in an estuary bombarding a fort
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue and a little brownish-red. Circular wth a wide rim, shallow sloping sides,and flat centre with recessed base. The middle is decorated with ships in an estuary bombarding a fort on the left. On the right there is a distant church and other buildings. The rim is decorated with pendant leaves, alternating with three different stylized plants. The edge is encircled by a brownish- red line. On the back there are three undulating lines.
History note: Sir Walter Durnford (1847-1926), Provost of King's College, Cambridge; sold by his executors to Stanley Woolston at Cambridge; bought from Stanley Woolston on 27 July 1926 for £2.10s.0d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 21.5 cm
Diameter: 8.5 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1745
CE
Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) set sail for the West Indies in July 1739 and in November attacked and took the important Spanish town of Portobello. News of the victory reached England in March 1740, and made Vernon a popular hero.
The scene represents the taking of the Spanish port of Portobello on the Isthmus of Darien by Admiral Vernon in November 1739. This was followed by his capture of Chagres in Panama in March 1740 (see Dish C.1568-1928). The attribution to Liverpool is not certain.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue from cobalt, and brownish-red)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue and a little brownish-red
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1529-1928
Primary reference Number: 72169
Old object number: 4917
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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