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Factory:
Wedgwood, Josiah
(Doubtful)
Maker:
Greatbatch, William
(Doubtful)
Factory:
Greatbatch, William
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, the interior very thinly and unevenly glazed cream. and the exterior covered with green and cream lead-glazes. Piriform with cauliflower moulding, a projecting spout, loop handle in the form of three long leaves with a vertical rib and a kick up at their lower end, more pronounced on the lowest leaf, and circular slightly convex cover pierced by a hole, with a shallow cauliflower knob.
History note: Purchased at Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire in 1918 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1759
CE
-
1770
CE
Perhaps Josiah Wedgwood, or William Greatbatch, Lower Lane, Fenton, but cauliflower ware was made by other potters in North Staffordshire at this time
Body
Handle
Spout
the inside cream, the exterior, green and cream
Lead-glaze
with coloured glazes
Creamware
Accession number: C.706 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 12127
Old object number: 4364
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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