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Duck: C.2753-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Duck

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in dark blue, dark yellow, green, and manganese-purple

Buff earthenware, moulded in the shape of a swimming duck with its left wing raised vertically, resting on an oval base with a wavy edge which is slightly concave underneath and had a central ventilation hole. The duck os painted mainly in yellow with green markings. Its head is purple, and its wings have short purple feathers outlined in blue, and longer yellow and green feathers.

Notes

History note: Vendor in Cambridge; Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased with its companion for £15 on 28 August 1927 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.4 cm
Length: 21.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1750 CE - 1775 CE

Note

This duck is almost similar to C.2754-1928 in its form, but the base is a different shape, and it is decorated in different colours

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
greyish-white Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing
Moulding

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2753-1928
Primary reference Number: 74025
Old object number: 4950

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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