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Maker: Unknown
Very pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base of the box and underside of the cover. Painted in blue, green, pale yellow, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and black.
Moulded in the shape of an oblong wicker hamper with a twisted handle at each end, a flat cover with two red mullet lying head to tail on top, and a handle in the shape of an eel resting on the two fish.
The hamper is pale yellow with a yellowish-brown rim and handles. The top of the cover is green. The fish are reddish-brown with black eyes; one has a little yellow on its side. The eel is mottled blue.
History note: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.4 cm
Length: 17.4 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, pale yellow, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and black)
except for the base of the box and underside of the cover
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Moulding
: Very pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base of the box and underside of the cover. Painted in blue, green, pale yellow, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, and black. Moulded.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2261 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 80819
Old object number: 2087
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80819 Accessed: 2024-12-23 05:57:08
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