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Factory:
Unidentified Delft factory
(Possibly)
Factory:
Unidentified Haarlem factory
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in yellow and manganese-brown with foliage and winged cherub's heads
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in yellow and manganese-brown. Circular with a narrow rim, and curved sides, standing on a footring which has been pierced for suspension. In the middle there is a medallion framed by brown striations over a broad yellow circle enclosing a cherub's head with a cross below it surrounded by stylized foliage. Outside the border there is a wide zone of foliage with a winged cherub's head with a cross below it at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Above the central frame and on the lower edge there is a mount with folded wings above it. The rim is encircled by a brown striations over a broad yellow band.
History note: Sir Thomas Thornhill (1837-1900), Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk; Mr Johnson, Bury St Edmunds, from whom bought for 8s. 6d. on 31 October 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 26 cm
Height: 3.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
The decoration on this dish is a debased form of the grotesque decoration executed in Urbino and other Italian cities in the late 16th century, and 17th century.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( yellow and manganese-brown)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in yellow and manganese-brown
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2628-1928
Primary reference Number: 73822
Old object number: 47
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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