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Tin-glazed earthenware pastille burner in the form of a house, standing on a tray, painted in blue, green, yellow and black, and dated '1829' on the top of the tray
Pale red earthenware, slab built, pierced, tin-glazed except for the base of the tray, and painted in blue, pale green, yellow, and black. The pastille burner is in the form of a house, standing on a rectangular tray with a recessed top and sloping sides. The house is rectangular with a central front door flanked by rectangular windows with four pierced panes. On the first floor there are three similar windows, and above, two circular dormer windows. The gable ends each have two rectangular windows and a circular dormer. The front door is yellow with a blue frame, and all the windows are outlined yellow. The sloping roof is black with a central yellow and black chimney, in front of which is a small inverted V-shaped opening. The two front corners of the house are edged by a green vertical stripe flanked by blue stripes. The back wall is undecorated. The tray has sloping sides decorated in blue with a dotted trellis pattern. The recessed top is painted in blue with the date '1829'.
History note: Vaumousse, Rouen, from whom bought about 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter
Production date:
dated
AD 1829
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and black)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
House
Depth 8.3 cm
Height 18.5 cm
Length 11.6 cm
Stand
Length 16.5 cm
pale red Earthenware
Accession number: C.2295 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 76703
Old object number: 1195
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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