Production: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue. Part of a bulbous milk or cream jug rising to the rim on one side, and standing on a footring. The exterior is decorated with an Oriental garden with grasses, rocks, and 'telegraph pole' trees.
History note: Unknown, possibly found in Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 8 cm
Width: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
When the body of this fragment was analysed it was found to have a high clay content, which suggests that it was an earlyproduct of the Bow factory
Decoration
phosphatic, containing bone ash
Soft-paste porcelain
probably lead-glaze
Glaze
Throwing
: Soft-paste porcelain, not very translucent, painted underglaze in blue
Glazing
Turning
Accession number: C.40.292-1928
Primary reference Number: 223200
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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