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Dish: C.2638-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unidentified

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dish decorated with a long bust of Mary II with M R for Maria Regina surrounded by a wreath of tulips and other flowers and foliage

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, and yellow with dark blue outlines, The glaze is rather speckly. Circular with a wavy edge, gadrooned rim, and deep well, standing on a footring. In the middle is a half-length portrait of Mary II, wearing a crown, a necklace, and a dress with an indecently decolleté neckline, from which her breasts protrude, in an unseemly manner. On either side of her there is a curving stem bearing a stylized yellow and white tulip and below her, a yellow bud. The initials M and R are placed to left and right of her head.

Notes

History note: Said to have come from Norwich; Roe, Garrick Street, London, where bought in November, 1904, 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
Height: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
Circa 1689 - 1694

Note

The attribution to Delft is uncertain

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, dark blue olive-green, yellow)
Foot Diameter 11.2 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: M on viewer's left of Mary's head and R on the right

  • Text: M R
  • Location: On front in well
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Initials

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2638-1928
Primary reference Number: 73836
Old object number: 2169

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 November 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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