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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, orange and manganese-purple with the arms of the Cooks' Company
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue, orange and manganese-purple. Circular with a bulbous body, short neck, and two applied handles, rounded on the outside, and scrolling inwards at the top and outwards at the bottom. Painted on one side with the arms of the Cooks' Company. The mantling is coloured in orange and the chevron on the shield in manganese-purple. On the left there is a flowering plant, and on the right a butterfly, and above them respectively, the initials 'EW' and the date '16:88'. On the other side there are two arrangements of flowers and foliage with a butterfly between them on the ground. A narrow wriggly line runs round the neck.
History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £16 on 22 November 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
James II
Production date:
dated
AD 1688
Made in the London area, probably at Lambeth, where in 1688 there were potteries at Copthall and Norfolk House
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, orange, and a little manganese-purple)
Body
Handles
Inscription present: the initials are separated from the date by the top of the mantling
Accession number: C.1445-1928
Primary reference Number: 72014
Old object number: 3316
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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