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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Buff earthenware tin-glazed salt, painted in blue, red, and green. Of captstan form with an everted rim, and a circular depression for the salt in the top. The sides are decorated with scattered stylized leaves and flowers, and there is a border of scallops striped in red round the rim.
The whole surface has a bluff glaze that has been discoloured by burial
History note: The salt was probably found in Mill Lane, Cambridge, in 1902. It is not known how it came into the possession of the testator, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.
18th Century, Early#
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1730
CE
The origin of this salt is uncertain. It could have been made in London or Brislington or Bristol.
Top Width 6 cm
Accession number: C.40.191-1928
Primary reference Number: 137872
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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