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Plate: C.2407-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in bright blue, green, yellow, and orange with two tulips and foliage surrounded by a blue dash border

Notes

History note: An unidentified owner in the West of England; sold to Mr George Stoner; sold by him for £3 on 2 November 1908 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS., Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 24.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, second quarter
Circa 1625 - 1650

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colours ( bright blue, green, yellow and orange derived from metallic oxides)
Surface composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2407-1928
Primary reference Number: 73459
Old object number: 2867
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 September 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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