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Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, thrown with applied handle, tin-glazed and painted in blue; the base has been partly wiped free of glaze. The jug has a bulbous body, a wide cylindrical neck, and an applied handle of D-section. It is decorated in panels on either side with half-length portraits of King William III flanked by the initials W R, and Queen Mary II with M R, separated by scrolls. The outside of the handle is also decorated with scrolls.
History note: Mrs Meredith collection, Little Massingham Manor, Massingham, Norfolk; sold Christie's, 6 May 1919, Old English pottery and porcelain, Mrs Meridith et al, part of lot 21; bought by Stoner for 20 guineas (£24.10s.0d. with commission) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 10.7 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
Made in London, probably at Norfolk House, Lambeth, between 1689 and the death of Mary II in 1694
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 5.4 cm
Body
Handle
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1343-1928
Primary reference Number: 71841
Old object number: 4646
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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