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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1850 - 1900; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, dish, 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.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [C.2261 & A-1928]
Description: 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. | 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: | dish tin-glazed earthenware Unknown | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1850; end=1900 | 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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