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Plate: C.1701-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale grey, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple. Circular with a wide sloping rim, shallow curved sides, and flat centre with recessed base. The central area of the rim and well is decorated with a marine landscape with two sailing ships, a small boat, and a jetty on the left, a tree beside a house, a fence, and fields in the middle, and a distant windmill on 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: 22.5 cm
Height: 2.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, 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 in blue, green, yellow and manganese-purple
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1701-1928
Primary reference Number: 72476
Old object number: 92
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 October 2019 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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