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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1850; Classification(s): porcelain, water dropper, slab-building, porcelain, slab-built, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed; Acquisition: given by Gompertz, G.St.G.M., Mr & Mrs, 1984, Gompertz Gift [C.445-1984]
Description: Water dropper with butterfly and orchid design. Porcelain, slab-built, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. This rectangular water dropper has a filler in the shape of a tiny frog on the top and a spout of the same form (slightly damaged) on one side. Each side is outlined in underglaze-blue and painted with a spray of orchids, the top also with a butterfly. The pale bluish-white glaze has been wiped from the base and the piece was fired on a sandy support. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain Unknown water dropper | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1850 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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