Walmer Castle with Horsemen: GPL.263-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Walmer Castle with Horsemen

Maker(s)

Factory: John Ridgway & Co. (Uncertain)
Factory: Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. (Uncertain)

Entities

Pot lid

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'Walmer Castle with Horsemen', inscribed 'WALMER CASTLE'; border of two black lines; black key plate.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.2 cm

Place(s) associated

Shelton

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
After 1850 CE - Circa 1900 CE

Note

John Ridgway or Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Cauldon Place, Shelton, Staffordshire

School or Style

Victorian

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: 153/June 19th/1924...
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

Text: WALMER CASTLE
Location: On top of pot-lid
Method of creation: Printed

References and bibliographic entries

Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): p. 130
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 37
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 50

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.263-1928
Primary reference Number: 15005
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts