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The House on the Bridge: C.3-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The House on the Bridge

Maker(s)

Production: John and William Turner (Perhaps)

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware dish drainer, transfer-printed underglaze in blue with a Chinese landscape, The House on the Bridge.

White earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in blue. Octagonal but with rounded sides, pierced in the centre by a large circular hole, surrounded by groups of small holes. A Chinese landscape, 'The House on the Bridge', with two persons on the bridge, and two men fishing in the foreground. Continuous branch border.

Legal notes

Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection

Measurements and weight

Height: 3 cm
Length: 34.2 cm
Width: 23.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection

Dating

19th Century, Early
Production date: circa AD 1800

Note

The drainer was attributed to the Turner factory, but an underglaze blue crescent is not a mark used by it.

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: a crescent

  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Underglaze in blue
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: blue strip label

  • Text: FOB BULL. 13 TURNER AND CO
  • Location: On the back
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: blue strip label

  • Text: THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE
  • Location: On the back
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: blue strip label

  • Text: 1804
  • Location: On the back
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3-1991
Primary reference Number: 74492

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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