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Dish: C.2626-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: The Porcelain Dish Factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple

Notes

History note: Bought at the Hague in 1893 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 34.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, third quarter
Circa 1764 CE - 1773 CE

Note

The Porcelain Dish factory (De Porceleyne Schotel operated between 1598-1791. The mark on this dish indicates that it was made during the proprietorship fo Johannes van Duijn (1764-72) or widow Van Duijn-van Kampen 1772-73)

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, red, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

pale buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: I with dot over it, V and D are joined, name has a vertical squiggle under it

  • Text: IVDuÿn
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2626-1928
Primary reference Number: 73819
Old object number: 246

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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