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Plate: C.1469-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Buff earthenware with greyish tin-glaze painted and sponged in manganese-purple and yellow. Circular with sloping slightly concave rim, shallow sloping sides, and flat centre. Archer's shape I. In the middle there is a sponged tree with multiple trunks flanked by a fence, enclosed by two concentric yellow circles. The edge of the rim is encircled by a thick scalloped manganese-purple line.

Notes

History note: Said by Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, to have come from Fordham (Cambs) ; Mr Coulson, an attendant at the Antiquarian Museum from whom purchased on 10 December 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Lambeth ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-06) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1740 CE - 1760 CE

Note

Probably made at Lambeth

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( yellow and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
greyish-white; thick and pooling on reverse Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, painted in yellow, and painted and sponged in yellow and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1469-1928
Primary reference Number: 72049
Old object number: 387
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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