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Factory: Unidentified Delft factory (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware decorated with a yellow ground and reserves painted in blue with Chinese style flowers
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in yellow and blue. The circular cup has deep sloping sides and stands on a footring. The saucer has curved sides and slight footring. The exterior of the cup has a yellow ground and four reserves painted in blue with Chinese style flowers. In the middle of the interior there is a blue leaf. The interior of the saucer is decorated to match with four reserves on the sides and one in the centre.
History note: Mossel, Amsterdam from whom purchased in August 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1740
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and yellow)
Saucer
Diameter 11.2 cm
Height 2.4 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.3 cm
Height 3.2 cm
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2677 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73893
Old object number: 1400
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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