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Dish: Queen Mary
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in blue, yellow, and green, with Queen Mary seated on a chair between sponged trees. Blue dash border.
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellowish-green, dark, and pale yellow; the back tin-glazed greyish-white with blue speckles. Circular with a sloping rim and curved well, standing on a footring. Painted with Queen Mary, crowned, and holding an orb in her right hand, and a sceptre in her left, seated on a high-backed chair, between sponged trees, with grass in the foreground, enclosed by a blue circle. Round the edge there are two blue circles and blue dashes.
History note: Purchased from Mr Stoner, 3 King Street, St James's Londondon on 19 June 1906 for £7 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 36.3 cm
Height: 8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
The Queen was identified by Rackham in 1935 as Queen Anne, but her costume and hair style suggest that she was probably intended to be Queen Mary II.
The dish could have been made in London, Brislington or Bristol
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellowish-green, dark, and pale yellow)
buff
Earthenware
white and very shiny
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellowish-green, dark, and pale yellow; the back tin-glazed greyish-white with blue speckles.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1655-1928
Primary reference Number: 72397
Old object number: 2480
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish: Queen Mary" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72397 Accessed: 2024-04-25 22:07:22
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Accession Number: C.1507-1928
Accession Number: M.120-2015
Accession Number: C.1650-1928
Accession Number: C.2483-1928
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