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Fuddling cup: C.1288A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Southwark Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Rotherhithe Pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed. The fuddle cup is made up of three vase-shaped interconnecting vessels with a bulbous body, narrow neck and spreading foot, linked externally by twisted intertwined handles, and internally by holes in their sides. The glaze on their bases has mostly been wiped off.

Notes

History note: Mr Lennel, Syresham, near Brackley, Oxfordshire; Mr Bateman, Oxford from whom purchased in 1916 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9 cm
Width: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Mid
Charles I
Commonwealth
Circa 1630 CE - 1650 CE

Note

Made in London, probably at one of the Southwark potteries or at Rotherhithe

Components of the work

Handles
Vessels

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No 4131/Three connected cups of white Lambeth delft/one of a pair Came/from Oxford. b/Sept 22,1916
  • Location: On underside of centre
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1288A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71732
Old object number: 4131B

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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