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Dish: C.1602-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted and sponged in manganese-purple with figures in a landscape

Buff earthenware tin-glazed pale grey and painted and sponged in manganese-purple. Circular with a wide rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre, standing on a low footring. The front is decorated with a man and a boy standing in a landscape with a large sponged tree on the left side of the plate, and hazy trees and bushes in the background. Both hold out their left hand towards the right.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 30.2 cm
Height: 4.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1745 CE - Circa 1755 CE

Note

Probably made at Lambeth

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
pale grey Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed pale grey, and painted and sponged in manganese-purple; the footring is pierced by a hole incorrectly placed for suspension the right way up of the design; three peg marks on the back of the rim
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1602-1928
Primary reference Number: 72296
Old object number: 1911

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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