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Wine bottle: C.1299-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Montague Close Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Rotherhithe Pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The jug stands on a disk base and has a bulbous body, a short narrow neck, and a strap handle with a V-shaped lower terminal. The front is painted with a shield-shaped cartouche enclosing the initials and date ' B/R.M/1640'

Notes

History note: Said to have belonged to a farmer in the West Country; bought an unknown purchaser who sold it to Mrs Charlotte E.I. Watson, from whom purchased for £15 on 18 January, 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 19 cm
Height: 7½ in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, second quarter
Charles I
Production date: dated AD 1640

Note

The Pickleherring, Montague Close and Rotherhithe potteries were operating in Southwark at the date of manufacture

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt
Body

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: B/R.M/1640
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1299-1928
Primary reference Number: 71747
Old object number: 3862

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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