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Dish: Mary II
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish decorated in blue, green, greenish-yellow, and orange with a three-quarter figure of Mary II labelled W R
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, copper-green, greenish-yellow, and orange; the reverse covered with yellow lead-glaze over pale slip. Circular with curved sides, and everted rim, standing on a footring. Decorated in the middle with a three-quarter length figure of a Queen, probably Mary II, wearing a crown, and holding a sceptre with the letters W and R above. On either side of her there are half trees, and round the edge a yellow band and blue dashes.
History note: Purchased from Mr Malcolm Stoner, London for £45 on 8 April 1927 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35.6 cm
Height: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
Place of manufacture is uncertain, but probably London . The figure is presumed to be Mary II
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( appearing yellow)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, copper-green, greenish-yellow, and orange)
Frontq
composed of
tin-glaze
Front
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1650-1928
Primary reference Number: 72386
Old object number: 4975
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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