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Pail Custard with Pierced Cover
Production: Spode
Bone china with two handles and pierced cover, painted in Imari style
Bone china, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in red, green, and gold. The pail has deep slightly curved sides and a scalloped rim with two vertical handles pierced by heart-shapes. The low domed cover is pierced by twelve circular holes and has a flat button-shaped knob. The exterior of the pail is decorated with a continuous Oriental garden with fences and flower plants, and above it with a broad complex border of waves, scrolls, and plant motifs. The cover is decorated with a circle of flower heads and a narrower border. The top of the knob is gilded.
History note: Mrs Adams, Cambridge; given by her on 1 July 1906 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 7.3 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Circa 1815 CE - 1825 CE
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( painted underglaze)
enamel
( red and green)
gold
Cover
Accession number: C.3100.1 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74377
Old object number: 2474
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pail Custard with Pierced Cover" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74377 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:49:21
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