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Production:
The Porcelain Dish Factory
Proprietor of factory:
Duijn, Johannes van
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Cylindrical with a short neck, rounded shoulders, and straight sides with a slight bulge and contraction just above the base. The front is decorated with a cartouche enclosing the name of the drug: 'C/FL:Calendul' (Confection of Marigold Flowers), and enclosed by a baroque frame comprising scrollwork with dangling tassels on each side, a basket of fruit and flowers between two peacocks at the top, and at the bottom, a winged cherub's head flanked by swags of fruit.
History note: Antwerp, where bought privately about 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.5 cm
Height: 17.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1764
CE
-
1773
CE
The Porcelain Dish Factory (De Porceleyne Schotel) operated between 1598 and 1791. The mark indicates that the jar was made during the directorship of Johannes van Duijn, 1764-72, or his widow 1772-3
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Base
Diameter 9.9 cm
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: VD are joined, and there appears to be two ns at the end instead of one
Accession number: C.2462-1928
Primary reference Number: 73550
Old object number: 241
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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