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Pottery:
Vauxhall Pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Lambeth Pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Perhaps)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Perhaps)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. Cylindrical with an applied strap handle rounded on the outside and with a broad double-pointed terminal. The sides are decorated with rocks, flowering plants and birds in Oriental style. Above there is a border of red and blue trellis diaper interupted by four panels containing a floral spray, and below, a broad blue band between narrow blue bands. The outside of the handle is decorated with a floral spray. The initials and date 'P/DA/1734' are painted in blue on the front below the top border.
History note: Thomas Welch collection; sold Christie’s, 5 February 1909, Catalogue of porcelain, decorative furniture, lot 108; bought for £1 11s. 6d. by Mr Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne from whom bought for a little more by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1734
Probably made at either Vauxhall or a Lambeth pottery, or perhaps at Brislington or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and red)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
( white)
Body
Handle
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1471-1928
Primary reference Number: 72051
Old object number: 3037
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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