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Plate: C.2289-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Guillibaud, Jean-Baptiste

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, and dull red. Circular with a gently sloping rim and shallow well. In the middle are fantastic Chinese buildings and trees with a bird and a butterfly overhead. The rim is decorated with sprays of formal flowers in four panels separated bypanels of Chinese trellis pattern. On the base, GL painted in blue. Three spur or peg marks.

Notes

History note: Jules Taurie?, 4 Place Barthélemy and 3 rue Damiette, Rouen on 21 October 1925 for 450 francs (about £4.5s.) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 24.1 cm
Height: 3.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Rouen ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second quarter#
Production date: circa AD 1730

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow and red
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: scrolling G

  • Text: GL
  • Location: Under tim
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Maker's mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2289-1928
Primary reference Number: 73312
Old object number: 4623
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 1 June 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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