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Potter: Richardson, George, potter (Probably)
Earthenware, with incised and slip-trailed decoration, and lead-glaze. Slip-trailed inscription G R WROTHAM W A K
Hard dark red earthenware, appearing dark brown, thrown, incised, and decorated with slip-trailing in white which appears pale yellowish and olive-green under the lead-glaze. Bulbous pear-shaped body with cylindrical neck and loop handle. Around the widest part of the body is trailed G R WROTHAM WAK with groups of dots between the letters.
History note: Acquired by the vendor from a farmhouse at Rolvenden, near Tenterden; sold London, Christie's, 26 April 1917, lot 7; purchased for 100 guineas (£105) by Mr Stoner on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 29.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Charles I
Commonwealth
Circa
1640
CE
-
1660
CE
The form of this jug and its very dark brown colour are very different from the majority of slip-trailed Wrotham wares and suggest that the potter was influenced by German stoneware. The initials GR probably stand for the potter, George Richardson, who initialled pots between 1642 and 1677, and died in 1687.
Decoration
composed of
slip
Body
Accession number: C.116-1928
Primary reference Number: 71435
Old object number: 4820
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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