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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, and red
Buff earthenware, moulded in two parts, tin-glazed pale greyish-blue, and painted in blue, dark green, yellow, and red. The oval pot has straight sides which curve inwards towards the top, and are moulded in relief on both sides with the same design of raised plants and leaves. Inside the top there is a ledge on which the cover rests. The oval cover is solidly moulded a recumbent sheep surrounded by a low bank moulded in relief with flowers and buds. Its underside is unglazed. The exterior is painted green overall with the raised plants picked out in blue yellow and red. The sheep is yellow overall with blue facial features, and a leaf-shape on its tail. On the underside of the pot there are four blue dots close together.
History note: Lovett Collection; sold Puttick and Simpson, London 6 March 1903
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
-
1775
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, red)
Dish
Length 14.4 cm
Width 10 cm
buff
Earthenware
pale-greyish blue, except for the base of the cover
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded in three parts (pot, cover, sheep), tin-glazed pale-greyish-blue, and painted in blue, green, yellow and red
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2732 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73988
Old object number: 1417
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Butter pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73988 Accessed: 2024-12-18 11:08:13
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