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Plate: C.2289-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Proprietor of pottery: Guillibaud, Jean-Baptiste
Proprietor of pottery: Loüe, Marie-Madeleine

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with fantastic Chinese buildings and trees, and with a bird and butterfly overhead, surrounded by a border of alternating panels of stylized flowers and Chinese trellis pattern.

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 Chinese pagodas, bridges, and trees with a bird and a butterfly overhead. The rim is decorated with sprays of formal flowers in four panels separated by panels of Chinese trellis pattern. The base is painted in blue with the initials 'GL' . There are three spur or peg marks on the reverse. A small hole has been pierced in the side of the well above the bird and butterfly.

Notes

History note: Jules Taurin, 4 Place Barthélemy and 3 rue Damiette, Rouen; purchased for 450 francs (about £4 5s.0d) on 21 October 1925 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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second quarter
Louis XV
Circa 1730 CE - 1740 CE

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: On underside of base
  • 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

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 1 April 2025

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

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