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Tureen: C.1885 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Workshop 5

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Description

Red earthenware decorated with cream and brown slip, and painted in cream slip, green and yellow under lead-glaze. The bowl has two twisted handles and the cover has a finial in the shape of a bust of a long-haired girl holding a dog

Red earthenware, thrown, with applied moulded and hand-modelled handles and finial, coated inside with cream slip and outside with brown, decorated in cream slip, dark brown slip, and yellow and green under lead-glaze. The bowl has deep curved sides and an everted rim, and stands on a splayed footring. On opposing sides it has a projecting handle in the form of twisted rope, and between them, on opposing sides, a mock ring handle. The domed cover has a flange underneath which fits into the top of the bowl. On top it has a circular platform edged with brown beading, supported by eight alternately yellow and green horizontal volutes. On top of the platform is a half-length bust of a girl wearing a green jacket and a cream hat over her long brown hair, and holding her arms around a small dog. The exteriors of the bowl and cover are decorated with oval motifs edged with yellow, and with closely set cream spots. The ring handles are green, and the projecting rope-like handles are green and cream with yellow terminals. The foot has spaced motifs comprising four spots arranged to resemble a simple flower head.

Notes

History note: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, where purchased in September 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Early
Circa 1810 CE - 1820 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( cream) high-temperature colours ( green and yellow)
Surface composed of lead-glaze
Foot Diameter 11 cm
Cover Diameter 16.8 cm
Bowl Width 17.5 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Slip coating
Throwing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1885 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72808
Old object number: 1829

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 28 October 2025

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

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