Fragment of dish: C.72A-1928

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Pottery

Entities

• Fragment of dish

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware
• Slipware
• Metropolitan slipware

Description

Two joined fragments of a dish. Thrown red earthenware, the front slip-trailed in cream and lead-glazed, the reverse unglazed. Originally circular with thick walls, and thickened rim on the underside, sloping sides and flat base. With wavy lines trailed round the outer edge. The piece on the left is trailed '1638' followed by the upper part of an 'F'. The piece on the right is trailed 'EA' and part of an 'R', with below part of a stem flanked by curling tendrils.
Comes with another fragment (C.72B-1928), which may be from the same dish

Notes

History note: Dug up in London. James Smith Collection, Whitechapel, London; sold Sotheby's, 19 December 1901, James Smith sale, in a box of fragments; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

• Harlow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.

Dating

17th Century, Mid#
Charles I
Production date: dated AD 1638

Note

One of two fragmentsof a dish with (C.72B-1928) at the time of accession identified as 'Metropolitan Ware' but now attributed to a pottery in the area of Harlow, Essex.