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Dish: C.2343-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Héraud-Leroy factory (Possibly)
Production: Clerissy factory (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue in the style of Bérain

Earthenware, moulded, with applied footring pierced by two holes, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The dish is circular with a wavy six-sided riim and shallow sides, standing on a straight-sided footring. The front is decorated with a symmetrical design in the style of Bérain, comprising a nude putto on a pedestal, flanked by female terminal figures linked by swags of cloth, and ewers on pedestals, with below the putto, a vase filled with fruit and foliage linked by scrolling foliage to the pedestals supporting the ewers. Round the outer edge there is narrow border of small flowers and stylized foliage, and a broad blue line. Three peg marks on rim at 12, 4, and 8 o'clock.

Notes

History note: Bought on 10 November 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 27.3 cm
Height: 3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Early
Circa 1715 - 1725

Note

Attributed to Moustiers in Rackham's Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection . . . (1935), but the Bérainesque decoration seems closer to that executed in Marseille.

School or Style

Berainesque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Footring Diameter 15.2 cm
Holes

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, with applied footring, pierced by two holes, tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2343-1928
Primary reference Number: 73382
Old object number: 1044

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 September 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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