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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Double gourd-shaped bottle. The upper and lower parts are painted with Chinese figures in landscapes in imitation of Chinese late-Ming porcelain.
History note: Mr Harrison, the dealer in Cannon Street EC, nearly opposite the Mansion House station, from whom purchased for £4.10s.0d. on August 27, 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 30.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second half#
Circa
1660
-
1700
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Inscription present: a cross
Accession number: C.2474-1928
Primary reference Number: 73567
Old object number: 4266
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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