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Pottery: Indio Pottery
Creamware painted underglaze in blue on the sides with floral sprays and on the front with the inscription Wm Kingwell/1782 within a cricular wreath
Creamware, thrown, with applied lip and handle, painted in blue under clear lead-glaze. The pear-shaped jug has a projecting lip moulded with a female mask, and a wavy loop handle. On the front, within a circular wreath of husks is the inscription, 'Wm Kingwell./1782.' The sides are decorated with sprays of flowers, and the mask is picked out in blue.
History note: Given by the Baroness von Hügel in 1908 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
dated
AD 1782
On accession the jug was attributed to Leeds, but has since been reattributed to Bovey Tracey in Devon. The mask under the lip matches sherds found at the site of the Indio Pottery.. It was probably made for a William Kingwell who married Jemima Coysh on 17 June 1782 at Ilsington, near BoveyTracey.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
Body
Handle
Spout
cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Inscription present: m is raised with the : below it
Accession number: C.1049-1928
Primary reference Number: 71228
Old object number: 2889
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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