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Oval dish: C.80.18-1997

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

White earthenware toy service oval dish, bat-printed in puce with a mother and child.

Oval dish, from part of a toy dinner service. White earthenware with pale-blue tinted glaze, bat-printed in puce and banded in blue enamel. Oval dish with narrow rim. The dish is decorated with a mother kneeling beside a chaise longue playing with a standing child.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Mrs Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.2 cm
Length: 16 cm
Width: 12.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early
Circa 1815 CE - 1825 CE

Note

English, probably Staffordshire or Tyneside

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue)

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing : White earthenware with pale-blue tinted glaze, bat-printed in puce and banded in blue enamel.

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.80.18-1997
Primary reference Number: 76089

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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