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Maker:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Maker:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Earthenware tin-glazed dark blue and splashed with white
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed dark blue and splashed with white. Circular on a high, hollow foot, supporting a shallow conical circular salt pan with three volutes rising up from its edge. The surface is randomly splashed with white tin-glaze.
History note: Christie’s, 9 January, 1903, part of lot 306; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
William III and Mary II
Circa
1680
CE
-
1690
CE
The volutes were intended to support a plate
Decoration
composed of
tin-glaze
( white)
Volutes
buff
Earthenware
dark blue
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, with applied volutes, tin-glazed dark blue and splashed with white tin-glaze
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1388-1928
Primary reference Number: 71904
Old object number: 1487
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Salt" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71904 Accessed: 2024-11-05 05:30:53
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