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The Virgin holding the Christ Child
Factory: Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese-purple. The Virgin stands holding the Christ Child in her left arm. She wears a crown and a veil over her long gown. Most of the group is left white with the features painted naturalistically, and the outlines of the costume lightly delineated in the various colurs. The eight-sided base is unglazed and concave underneth with a ventilation hold in the middle.
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History note: Paris, where purchased from Madame …… -Meyer at her shop in the rue St Honoré Paris, on Sept 12, 1913 for 95 francs.by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 31 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1770
CE
-
1799
CE
Attribution to Nevers uncertain
Decoration composed of high temperature colours ( blue, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese)
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted inglaze in blue, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2333-1928
Primary reference Number: 73373
Old object number: 3701
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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