IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72202 accession number: C.1550-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Earthenware, press-moulded in parts, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The stand comprises four tiers of shells, ( six, five, four, and three - one missing from the lowest tier). Each shell is bracketed on the tail of a dolphin attached to the central core, and the summit is topped by three dolphins with their tails uppermost. The shells in alternate layers are painted respectively with bunches of grapes and a border, or with stripes. The central core, dolphin brackets and the three dolphins at the top are blue overall with incised trefoils here and there. object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue title: sweetmeat stand NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased in Croydon about 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72202 SUBJECTS ------------------- shell shell TECHNIQUES ---------- tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, third quarter# CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 47.5 dimension: Height units: in value: 18.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1550_1928.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_1550_1928.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1550_1928.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_1550_1928.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_1_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 560 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_c_1550_1928_1_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 914 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_1_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 560 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_c_1550_1928_1_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 457 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_201011_amt49.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 589 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_c_1550_1928_201011_amt49.jpg height: 869 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_201011_amt49.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 589 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_c_1550_1928_201011_amt49.jpg height: 435 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_2_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_c_1550_1928_2_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_2_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_c_1550_1928_2_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_3_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 753 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_c_1550_1928_3_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 368 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/c_1550_1928_3_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 753 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_c_1550_1928_3_201405_kly25_mas.jpg height: 184 pixels width: 250 pixels