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Fuddling cup: C.1306-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Rotherhithe Pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Unidentified Southwark Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with stylized flowers and foliage, and inscribed '1649'

Dark buff earthenware, thrown as four pots joined together and linked by connecting holes in their bulbous parts, each having two handles entwined with the next vessel. Tin-glazed and painted in blue. The pots are painted with stylized flowers and foliage, and the handles are dabbed with spots. The date 1649 has one digit on each of the pots.

Notes

History note: Cyril Andrade, London, from whom purchased ion 22 June 1922 for £25 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Mid
Charles I
Commonwealth
Production date: dated AD 1649 : Charles I was beheaded in 1649

Note

Made in London, at either a Southwark pottery or the Rotherhithe pottery

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
Cups

Materials used in production

dark buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1649
  • Location: One digit on each of the four pots
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1306-1928
Primary reference Number: 71765
Old object number: 3819

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 14 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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