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Production: Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with a basket of flowers and fruit in the centre, and an elaborate border of swags, scrolls, and trellis pattern on the sides
Pinkish-buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale green, yellow, and dull red. Circular with a sloping sides and a flat base; on the reverse there are three stilt marks. In the middle of the front is a basket containing stylized flowers and two pomegranates. The sides are decorated with a wide Baroque style border comprising swags of flowers and foliage, linked by scrolls to shaped panels of trellis pattern. On the reverse of the side there is an 'M' in blue.
History note: Jules Taurin, antiquaire, 4 Place Barthélémy and 3 rue Damiette (by the church of Saint Maclou), Rouen; bought for 1100 francs (£10.10d. at the then rate of exchange) on 21 October 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 24 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Louis XV
Production date:
rca
AD 1750
Am unmarked plate of comparable design attributed to Rouen is in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, inv. no. C2395.
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and dull red)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
pinkish-buff Earthenware
Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow and red high temperature colours
Accession number: C.2287-1928
Primary reference Number: 73310
Old object number: 4622
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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