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Pottery: Vauxhall Pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. Circular with a sloping rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre, with a recessed base, There are three peg marks on the back of the rim. The well is decorated with a cockerel, a potted plant beside a basket, and a branching floral spray, enclosed by a narrow blue circle. The rim is decorated with eigth oval panels, each containing a floral spray, reserved in a blue ground.
History note: Not known before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Circa
1725
CE
-
1735
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and red)
buff
Earthenware
greyish
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, covered with greyish tin-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours; three peg marks on the back of the rim
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1472-1928
Primary reference Number: 72057
Old object number: 174
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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