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Pottery:
Still Stairs Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Norfolk House
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and manganese-purple with stylized tulip and leaves surrounded by blue circles
Reddish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in blue, green, and manganese-purple. The back has a dark orange lead-glaze with darker radiating streaks over a pale slip. The dish is circular with shallow curved sides and an everted rim, and stands on a footring. The front is decorated with a central tulip and four leaves on each side growing from a small mound, surrounded by three blue concentric circles round the rim.
History note: E.M.Tuke collection probably by 1882: his widow; after her death, sold The Vineyard, Saffron Walden, 18 June, 1908, part of lot 326; Mr Haggar, dealer of Saffron Walden, who sold it to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 33 cm
Diameter: 13 in
Height: 6.5 cm
Height: 2½ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Circa
1665
CE
-
1685
CE
Made in London at either Still Stairs, Southwark or Norfolk House, Lambeth
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( dark orange-brown)
slip
( pale)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( white)
reddish-buff Earthenware
Inscription present: not present 1981
Accession number: C.1492-1928
Primary reference Number: 72086
Old object number: 2814
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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