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Production: Delamettairie factory (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green and orange with two floral sprays, and two borders
Buff earthenware, moulded, the front tin-glazed white and painted in blue, olive-green, orange, and black; the reverse covered with manganese-purple tin-glaze. The plate is circular with a sloping rim, curved sides and flat centre. In the middle there are two sprays of stylized flowers and leaves, surrounded by a border of orange oval motifs alternating with pairs of blue spots, and close to the edge, a broad blue band between narrow black bands. The reverse is undecorated.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 3.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, first half
Circa
1800
-
1840
Decoraton
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, olive-green, orange)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
( white on the front; dark manganese-brown on reverse)
Decoration
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2297-1928
Primary reference Number: 76705
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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