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One of a pair of vases
Production: Metal Pot Factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, red, and manganese-purple; one of a pair
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, red, and manganese-purple. Of reeded octagonal double-gourd form (Cachemire type). The lower part is divided into eight panels painted alternately with Chinese flowers, plants and birds, and with Chinese emblems and flowers in panels reserved on a trellis-diaper ground; on the neck, leaf-shaped panels are filled with growing flowers and stylised butterflies. One of a pair.
History note: Two ladies who believed the pair were French because their father had bought them about 1850 in France ; sold for them on commission by Mr Sutton of Eastbourne, from whom purchased for 'only £20! ' on 7 November 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 59 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
The Metal Pot Factory (De Metaale Pot) operated in Delft between 1670-1771/1775. The mark on this vase was used during the proprietorship of Lambertus van Eenhoor between 1691 and 1724.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, green, red, and manganese-purple)
Accession number: C.2617A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73793
Old object number: 329
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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