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Flask: C.1813-1928

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Description

Pale red earthenware with applied decoration in red and buff clays, partly coloured green under yellowish lead glaze

Notes

History note: Mlle Meyer, rue St Honoré 340, Paris, from whom purchased for 90 frances on 9 January 1907 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.0 cm
Height: 16.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
1700 CE - 1799 CE

Materials used in production

red and buff Earthenware
yellowish Lead-glaze

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1813-1928
Primary reference Number: 72678
Old object number: 2624

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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