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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow, and manganese-purple with a group of buildings and trees wthin a border of foliage and scrolls
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese, the reverse, slip-coated and lead-glazed. Circular with an everted edge, deeply sloping rim, and curved well, standing on a shallow footring. The well is decorated with a church and other buildings in in blue, yellow and manganese, flanked by sponged manganese trees, surrounded by three narrow blue concentric circles. The rim is encircled by a border comprising four oval panels filled with simple foliage alternating with pairs of manganese-purple scrolls. There are three spur marks in the well
History note: Bought at The Hague in 1893 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 31 cm
Height: 6.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, first half
1700
-
1750
Perhaps made in Delft
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( slate-blue, olive-green, yellow, and manganese-purple from metallic oxides)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Throwing (pottery technique) : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the front and painted in slate-blue, olive-green, yellow and manganese-purple and sponged in manganese, the reverse, slip-coated and lead-glazed.
Accession number: C.2409-1928
Primary reference Number: 73461
Old object number: 397
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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