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Pottery: unidentified English pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with the initials M/W E/1653
Buff earthenware tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted overglaze in blue, at a later date. Circular with deep curved sides and everted rim, standing on a low foot which is slightly concave underneath. Initialled and dated on one side 'M/W E/1653'
History note: From 'a small collection belonging to a lady in Essex whose father, it was believed, had been a clergyman in London' who had collected them there; offered by her for sale to Collins & Clarke, Cambridge from whom purchased in 1922 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 7.9 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1799
CE
Circa
1891
CE
-
1922
CE
The inscription was added at a later date, probably between 1891 and 1922.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue probably from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
very little on base
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted overglaze after firing in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1320-1928
Primary reference Number: 71807
Old object number: 3925
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dispensing pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71807 Accessed: 2024-12-22 18:05:21
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