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Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
(Probably)
Proprietor:
Townsend, Thomas
Tin-glazed earthenwre painted in blue
Reddish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Oviform body with a tapering cylindrical neck, and applied strap handle of shallow oval section, standing on a foot which is concave underneath. The sides are decorated with 'Birds on Rock' pattern in late-Ming style, with below, five narrow blue horizontal bands and a wider band round the foot. On the neck there are two narrow horizontal bands, the inscription ' IOHN POTTEN & SVSANNA:1633', and four horizontal bands. The back of the handle is painted blue, and below the terminal is the date '1633'.
History note: Arthur Edward Clarke; Sotheby's, 18-20 June 1919, Well known and extensive collection of English pottery with some fine odl English furniture, on 18 June, lot 6; bought by Mr Stoner for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13.5 cm
Height: 5 7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second quarter#
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1633
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( cobalt)
Body
reddish-buff
Earthenware
white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1295-1928
Primary reference Number: 71743
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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