dish

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Object Type: dish
Museum number: 1912,1213.1
Description: Dish; tin-glazed earthenware; bluish white ground with crude bust of Queen Charlotte; initials in blue.
Cultures/periods: Post-Medieval
Production date: 1761 (circa)
Production place: Made in: London (England) (probably)
Materials: earthenware
Ware: delftware
Technique: tin-glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 22.50 centimetres; Height: 2.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Grigsby 2000 / The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (D53); Dawson 2010 / English and Irish Delftware 1570-1840 (pp. 80-1, no. 26)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Repaired crack and large chip to rim - checked by Conservation in August 2006.
Subjects: king/queen
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dr Edgar Willett
Acquisition date: 1912
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1912,1213.1
Conservation: Treatment: 17 Dec 2007; Treatment: 09 Dec 1997

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