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Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed greenish-white, and painted in blue. The mug has a bulbous lower part, a cylindrical neck, and an applied handle of oval section with an applied rolled lower terminal. The underside is slightly concave. The body is encircled by a long label inscribed 'GOD:BLESS:KING:WILIAM &:MARY:REX' and edged by a line and a scalloped line. Round the upper neck there is a border of long and short thick strokes.
History note: Christie's, 26 May, 1910, Catalogue of porcelain; porcelain objects of art, decorative furniture, part of lot 79; bought for 11 guineas including commission by Mr Stoner on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.5 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
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
buff
Earthenware
greenish-white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1344-1928
Primary reference Number: 71842
Old object number: 3197
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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