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Duck: C.2754-1928

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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 blue, green, yellow two-shades of manganse-purple, red, and a little grey

Buff earthenware, moulded in the shape of a swimming duck with its left wing raised vertically, resting on a very slightly convex oval base with a ventilation hold in the middle, tin-glazed overall and painted in pale blue, green, yellow, red, two-shades of manangese-purple, and a little grey on the beak. The edge of the base is manganese-purple.

Notes

History note: Vendor in Cambridge; Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased 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: 21.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1740 - 1760

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
greyish Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in pale blue, green, yellow, red, two shades of manganese-purple, and grey
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 4951/Coloured delft/ornament in the/form of a seated/delft duck/b. in Cambridge/Aug 23, 1927/-/No 4950 is similar/but with different/ colouring
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in faded black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2754-1928
Primary reference Number: 74026
Old object number: 4951

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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