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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Pinkish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The circular salt pan has an everted edge, and is supported on a wider conical foot. The inside of the salt pan is decorated with a flower on a stalk surrounded by foliage, and encircled by two narrow concentric circles and a wider band on the rim. The foot is decorated with a broad blue band at the top, with two spaced narrow bands below, a border of alternating leaves (or petals) and strokes, and a narrow band close to the edge.
History note: Bought in Caen in 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 5.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early
Regence
Circa
1700
-
1725
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( blue from cobalt oxide)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 8.5 cm
pinkish-buff Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique) : Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Accession number: C.2285-1928
Primary reference Number: 76697
Old object number: 107
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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