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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Buff earthenware with slightly greenish tin-glaze, painted in blue, olive-green and manganese-purple. Circular with sloping rim, deep sides, and flat centre. Archer's shape J. The middle is decorated with a floral spray in a cornucopia-shaped container flanked by floral sprays springing from its base, enclosed by two narrow concentric blue circles. The rim is encircled by a border comprising a manganese-purple line, a scalloped blue line, and green dots.
History note: Bought in Soham (Cambs), where still in use, by Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, who sold it in 1893 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, olive-green, and manganese-purple)
buff
Earthenware
slightly greenish
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, covered wth slightly greenish tin-glazed, and painted in blue, olive-green, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Accession number: C.1466-1928
Primary reference Number: 72046
Old object number: 446
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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