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Factory: Cantagalli factory
Pale yellowish-cream earthenware, tin-glazed white on exterior and underside; a few small areas of body show under the larger drip pan where the glaze has crawled.
Circular with domed and gadrooned foot above which is a drip pan with a lightly gadrooned edge. The stem is short with a gadrooned knop and, above it, a narrow greasepan surrounding the nozzle. Pale yellowish-cream fabric, moulded and tin-glazed overall. The glaze has crawled on several small areas under the larger drip pan. Painted in bright blue.
On the foot, there is a shield charged with a fleur-de-lis, surmounted by a close-helmet and flanked by scrolling foliage. The underside is marked in blue with a cock over a `C'.
History note: Gilbert Walters, London from whom purchased on 20 December 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1890
CE
-
1910
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue)
Exterior/underside
composed of
tin-glaze
Foot
Diameter 16.2 cm
Accession number: C.2168-1928
Primary reference Number: 48244
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Candlestick" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48244 Accessed: 2024-12-26 19:53:13
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|title=Candlestick
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 19:53:13|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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