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Production: Unidentified Rouen pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware dish with a cover in the form of a heap of crayfish, tin-glazed and painted in blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black
Buff earthenware, the dish moulded, with an applied central ring, and the cover thrown and covererd with moulded and modelled crayfish, tin-glazed and painted in blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black The glaze has 'crawled' inside the cover, also a little on the back of the rim of the dish. The eight-sided dish has a shaped rim, shallow curved sides, and an applied central cylindrical container for potted crayfish. This is surrounded by three pairs of sprays of stylized flowers and foliage. The high, domed cover fits over the central container. It is plain inside and on the outside is painted dark green at the bottom to resemble seaweed. The reddish-brown crayfish are arranged around it in tiers with their heads pointing downwards and it has one placed sideways across the top to serve as a knob.
History note: Lovett Collection; Puttick & Simpson, 6 March, 1903, Lovett Sale; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1799
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, dark yellowish-green, yellow, red, reddish-brown, and black)
Cover
Diameter 18.8 cm
Height 20.5 cm
Dish
Diameter 27 cm
Height 5.5 cm
Both Parts
Crayfish
Accession number: C.2294-1928
Primary reference Number: 76702
Old object number: 1444
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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