IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71781
accession number:	C.1318-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Buff earthenware with two suspension holes pierced at the top, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Rectangular with cut corners, and two suspension holes pierced at top centre. Decorated overall with the arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries and the motto 'OPIFER:QUE:PER:ORBEM:DICOR'
object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with the arms and motto of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
title:	pill-tile

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Messrs Law, Foulsham and Cole, South Audley Street, London from whom purchased in December 1905 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71781

PEOPLE
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Law, Foulsham and Cole
Apollo

SUBJECTS
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coat-of-arms
coat-of-arms



TECHNIQUES
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buff earthenware, pierced by two holes, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: English delftware
category: pharmaceutical ware

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1705
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1705
culture:	18th Century, Early#
culture:	William III (1750-1702)
culture:	Anne

CREATORS
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maker: unidentified London pottery
maker: Limekiln Lane Pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.5

dimension: Depth
units: in
value: 5/8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 28

dimension: Height
units: in
value: 11

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 23

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 9 1/16



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Apothecaries Pill Tiles
Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Savannah Style: The Ira and Nancy Koger Collection
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