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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow with manganese-purple outlines. The jug has a bulbous body, a wide neck, and a loop handle. The front is decorated with a half-figure of William III crowned flanked by tulips, and the initials "K W" for Koning Willem, On each side there is a bird and a spray.
History note: Bought by the vendor at Launceston for about £5.13s.; Mr Dando, 18 York Street Bath, from whom purchased for £6.10s. 0d. in January 1915 (arrived in Cambridge on 12 January) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Width: 13.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III (1750-1702)
Circa
1689
CE
-
1702
CE
Decorsation
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Base
Diameter 18.5 cm
Body
Decoration
Accession number: C.2634-1928
Primary reference Number: 73831
Old object number: 3716
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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