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Pottery: Lambeth (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed slightly greenish, and painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese-purple. Circular with a broad rim, sloping sides, and flat centre, recessed on the underside. Archer's shape M. The well is decorated with asymmetrically placed sprays of flowers and flying insects. The edge is encircled by a narrow border of Chinese style ju-i scrolls
History note: Said to have come from Icklingham, Suffolk; bought in Cambridge on 6 May 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 23 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
greenish
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, covered with slightly greenish tin-glaze and painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Accession number: C.1465-1928
Primary reference Number: 72045
Old object numer: 613
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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