Current Location: In storage
Titles
The Flute Player
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
Painter:
Lancret, Nicolas
(After)
Entities
Categories
Description
White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'The Flute Player', after Nicolas Lancret; colours include green; black key plate; vignetted.
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 10.3 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Shelton
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa
1860
CE
-
1900
CE
Note
This design was the work of Jesse Austin and was issued in 1859-60, see Williams-Wood, Cyril, Staffordshire Pot Lids and Their Potters, London, 1972, pl. 57C. This lid is probably later as it has a black key.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
Materials used in production
Glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print, black key plate
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 238/August 2nd/1924/(W)
- Method of creation: Inscribed
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: GPL.197-1928
Primary reference Number: 14901
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
