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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with half-length portraits of William III and Mary II
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Circular with a wide rim and shallow well. In the middle are half-length portraits of William III and Mary II, both crowned, the king wearing armour and holding a sceptre, with below them, a horizontal band with the initials 'K.W.D.I. K.G.V.B.' (sic). The rim is decorated with a border of flowering plants, rocks and birds in Chinese style.
History note: Bought at Dover for £7.0.0. on 19 June 1905 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 33.7 cm
Height: 5.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
-
1694
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( blue derived from cobalt oxide)
Base
Diameter 15.4 cm
Tin-glazing : Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Accession number: C.2483-1928
Primary reference Number: 73579
Old object number: 2297
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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