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Table: M.20A-1972

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Table. Slate enamelled to resemble marble. One of a pair with M.20B-1972.

Notes

History note: Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read (both died 1971); purchased from Thomas Stainton, the executor of the Handley-Read Estate

Legal notes

Purchased with the Perceval Fund and with grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 87.6 cm
Width: 38.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1972-10-19) by Handley-Read Estate

Dating

19th Century, Mid
Victorian
Production date: circa AD 1865

Note

Presumed to be by an imitator of George Eugene Magnus of Pimlico, as the pedestals do not bear his mark

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Enamel
Slate

Techniques used in production

Enamelling : Slate, enamelled to resemble marble

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.20A-1972
Primary reference Number: 77241

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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