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Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, and a little yellow and red with a tower and the initials and date, C\TH\1660
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, and a little yellow and red. Cylindrical with slightly recessed base and narrow footrim, and with a loop handle which is concave on the outside and has a rounded terminal at the lower end. The domed cover has a narrow rim, and a capstan-shaped knob. The front is painted in blue with a castellated gate tower with a portcullis, and a conical roof, flying a flag bearing the red cross of St George, with a yellow crown at the top of the pole above it. Below are the initials and date: C\T H\1660.
History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased on 21 June 1911 for £25 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 26.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, third quarter#
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1660
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and red)
Body
Visible Surfaces
buff
Earthenware
white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1423 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71980
Old object number: 3451
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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