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Pottery:
Aldgate Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
(Possibly)
Eartheware, tin-glazed off-white on the upper surface and painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese. In the middle, a fox running to the left within the frame of concentric circles; in each corner, a debased fleur-de-lis or trefoil leaf. There is a hole in the top right-hand and lower left-hand corner.
History note: From a house in Saffron Walden. Purchased in Saffron Walden.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 2.1 cm
Height: 13.0 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, Late
17th Century, Early#
Circa
1571
CE
-
Circa
1620
CE
Formerly attributed to the Netherlands, where analogous tiles were made, but probably English, made either at Aldgate in London between c. 1571-1615 or at Pickleherring pottery in Southwark c. 1620
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow and manganese)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2840-1928
Primary reference Number: 15803
Old object number: Gl. 595
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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