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Cauliflower Tureen
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in dark blue, green, and yellow to resemble a cauliflower
Buff earthenware, moulded in two parts, tin-glazed pale blue and painted in dark blue, green, and yellow. Three spur marks on the base. The tureen is modelled and decorated to resemble a cauliflower lying on its side, but is pale blue with groups of dark blue spots where a real cauliflower would be off-white or pale yellow. The green leaves have very dark blue veins.
History note: Mr Willoughby,Hunstanton, from whom purchased with its pair for 10s .0d. on 26 April 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12 cm
Width: 15 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 colour ( dark blue, green, and yellow)
buff
Earthenware
pale blue
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded in two parts, tin-glazed pale blue and painted in dark blue, green, and yellow. Three spur marks on the base
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: circular white paper label with a printed red scalloped border
Accession number: C.2741.1 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74000
Old object number: 1309
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cauliflower Tureen" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74000 Accessed: 2024-12-25 14:14:17
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