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Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and labelled S.ACESTOVS.S.I. with below the initials and date '16 IG 69'
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed except for the inside of the foot, and painted in blue. The bulbous jar stands on a circular spreading foot and has a short neck with a slightly everted rim, an applied handle of D section with a small thumb rest on the top and a scroll at the lower end, and a short bulbous spout. On the front below the spout is the name of the contents 'S.ACETOSOS.S.I.' in a oblong cartouche with a strapwork edge, a fleur-de-lys at the bottom and rounded ends with a stylized plant outside them. Below are the initials and date 'I6 IG 69' enclosed by three swags.
History note: Sotheby's, 4 November 1904; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.2 cm
Height: 7 3/16 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, third quarter#
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1669
The jar contained simple vinegar syrop. The initials are likely to be those of James Gower, Master of the Society of Apothecaries in 1690.
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
( greyish)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Foot
Diameter 12.4 cm
Diameter 4 7/8 in
Body
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1332-1928
Primary reference Number: 71826
Old object number: 2162
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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