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Factory: Ferniani Factory
Earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white overall. The glaze has crawled from the edge of the base in three places. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange-red, brown, and manganese-purple.
Circular, with shallow concave sides and slightly recessed base.
An urn filled with flowers, the base of a rectangular column, a flying bird, a flowering tree, foliage, and lawn. The rim is encircled by a border of five oblong panels of purple trellis diaper, alternating with panels containing three flowers separated by leaves.
History note: Leone Dalla Torre, 355 Piazzetta dei Leoni, Venice, from whom purchased in October 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (Typed Cat. 1899).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 13.5 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1760
CE
-
1780
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange-red, brown, and manganese-purple)
Moulding
: Earthenware. Tin-glazed greyish-white overall. The glaze has crawled from the edge of the base in three places. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange-red, brown, and manganese-purple.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.36-1928
Primary reference Number: 74675
Glaisher: Gl.1899
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Saucer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74675 Accessed: 2024-11-02 12:25:16
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University of Cambridge}}
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