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Silver lustre tea kettle
Red earthenware, thrown and moulded and dipped in silver (platinum) lustre.
Tea kettle and lid entirely covered in silver lustre. The pot has a depressed globular body, high foot with a wavy rim, curved spout and a scroll handle with straight bobbin hand-piece across the top. The cover is domed, with a central, flattened knob and a deep interior rim which sits into the pot. The underside is recessed and lustred.
History note: Bought from Mr. S. J. Freeman at Cambridge, about 1900, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge. Mr Freeman had purchased it in the neighbourhood.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Height: 23 cm
Width: 26 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, first half#
Circa
1820
-
1840
Cedoration
composed of
lustre
( silver (platinum))
Body
Decoration
Foot
Handle
Spout
Accession number: C.1171 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71450
Old object number: 1407
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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