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Dish: C.559-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware with relief decoration.

White stoneware press-moulded with integral relief decoration, and salt-glazed. Circular with a scalloped edge, gently sloping rim, and curved well, standing on a very slight footring. In the middle is a circular medallion with a rope edge, enclosing a triangular arrangement of rococo scrolls surrounded by tightly woven basketwork. Outside the medallion there are panels of trellis work and stripes surrounded by rococo scrolls, and pears, melons, apples, and nuts and leaves in relief. The rim is decorated with basketwork.

Notes

History note: Ownership unknown before Mrs W. D. Dickson, Bournemouth, who gave it on 14 October 1926 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 27.6 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, Mid
George II
George III
Circa 1755 CE - 1765

Note

This dish is similar to C.558-1928 but has no pierced holes in the basketwork border. The fruit motifs probably indicate that it was intended to be used for fruit or nuts in the dessert course of dinner.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : White stoneware, press-moulded with integral relief decoration, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.559-1928
Primary reference Number: 75521
Old catalogue number: 4906

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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