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Princess Anna Sophia of Hanover
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a portrait of the Electress Anna Sophia of Hanover
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white appearing pinkish in places. The surround is moulded like a picture frame and painted black, probably with unfired colour. The plaque is painted with an oval medallion containing a portrait of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, inscribed below, 'The most Illustrious Princess/Anna Sophia of Hanover'. On the back is the date '1704'.
History note: Francis Bennett-Goldney (1865-1918), Abbotts Barton, Canterbury; sold Puttick & Simpson, 4 March, 1920, English delft and ancient Roman pottery, Major F. Bennett-Goldney Sale, lot 82; bought by Frank Stonor, who sold it for £35.14s. 0d. to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Anne
Production date:
dated
AD 1704
Probably made in London. Princess Anne had ascended the throne in 1702 on the death of William III, her brother-in-law. By the Act of Settlement in 1701, the next in line, in the event of Anne having no heirs, was to be the Electress of Hanover, a granddaughter of James I, thus preventing the Roman Catholic heirs of James II from succeeding. The Electress died in 1714, shortly before Anne, and her son, George I became King.
The black painted frame was probably intended to represent ebony or black lacquer
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) black pigment
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, with a frame painted black and probably not fired
Accession number: C.1356-1928
Primary reference Number: 71861
Old object number: 4775
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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