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Horse
Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and dark green. The horse is supported on a low oblong mound base with rounded ends, which is concave underneath and glazed. He is seated in profile to the viewer with his front legs extended in front of him. He is painted in blue, and the base in green with blue lines over it representing tufts of grass . A pair with C.2767A-1928
History note: Bought at Taormina, Sicily on 22 or 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.7 cm
Length: 9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1775
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and dark green)
slightly bluish-white
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and dark green
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2767B-1928
Primary reference Number: 74043
Old object number: 2055
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Horse" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74043 Accessed: 2024-11-22 05:57:50
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University of Cambridge}}
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