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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in shades of purplish-blue with half-length portraits of William III and Mary II both crowned, under a curtain with cords and tassels, and an inscription below; on the reverse, alternating circles and raidal strokes
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in shades of purplish-blue; the glaze on the reverse is greyish-white. Circular with deep curved sides and everted rim, standing on a wide footring pierced by a suspension hole. The front is decorated with half-length portraits of William III and Mary II, both crowned, under a draped curtain with tassels on cords dangling between the monarchs. Below them is a horizontal band inscribed ':K.W.D.3.' a four petalled motif '.M.S.K.I.K.V.G.B.T.' The rim is encircled by a band. The reverse is decorated on the sides with alternating radiating strokes and circles, eight of each.
History note: Christie's, 3 December 1909, one of two items in lot 202; purchased for £6.6s. by Mr Stoner with 10% commission on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 29.6 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
The initials below the figures stand for Koning Willem de 3, and Maria Stuart Koningin I Groot Britannien
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( in blue derived from cobalt oxide)
Footring
Diameter 18 cm
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Inscription present: the points are raised to half way up the letters; there is a four-petalled motif between the two inscriptions
Accession number: C.2482-1928
Primary reference Number: 73578
Old object number: 3094
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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