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Plate: C.555-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware plate with pierced border

Off-white stoneware, press-moulded, pierced, and salt-glazed. The plate is circular with a scalloped edge and pierced lattice rim, shallow sides and flat centre decorated with basketwork radiating from a central medallion divided into eight striated sections.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, 23 April, 1926, part of lot 5; both bought for £2 by Hunt for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23.5 cm
Height: 2.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1770 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Rim

Materials used in production

off-white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Off-white stoneware, press-moulded, pierced, and salt-glazed.
Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with cut corners and a dark blue line round the edges

  • Text: {4866/White salt-glaze/plate with a/perforated lat/tice border, & a/radiating pat/tern surrounding a circle in the middle/b. at Sotheby's/Ap 23, 1926\par}
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink, now faded
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.555-1928
Primary reference Number: 75512
Old object number: 4866
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 April 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 27 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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