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Plate: C.1671-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with a man in a garden and floral sprays

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. The plate is circular with eight arcs round the edge, and has a slightly sloping rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre with recessed base. On the front five reserved panels are delineated by an undulating powdered manganese-purple frame. The central area is painted in polychrome with a man standing beside a fence, a rock, flowers and foliage. Two winged insects flying overhead. The spaces on the rim are occupied by a floral spray.

Notes

History note: Said to have come from the Marquis of Northampton’s collection; a sale at Ashby-de-la Zouche; bought with a pair by Mr Withers, 42 Silver Street, Leicester from whom purchased for 6s.0d. on 13 June 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-08) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1745 CE - 1755 CE

Note

Probably made by a London pottery, perhaps at Lambeth

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Decoratin composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple)
Decoration

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
greyish-white Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, and covered with shiny greysh-white tin-glaze which has pooling on the reverse, painted on the front with blue, green, yellow, and red, and powdered with manganese-purple
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1671-1928
Primary reference Number: 72421
Old object number: 359

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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