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Production: Brislington Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware stand for posset pot, painted in cobalt blue with a man and woman drinking.
Stand accessioned with posset pot with cover (C.1504 & A-1928). Buff earthenware with very pale greenish-blue tin-glaze, painted in cobalt blue. The edge, part of which is restored, is painted n a pale blue. The circular stand rests on three feet in the shape of small birds. On the stand, a man and woman in European dress are drinking (perhaps intended to be Lot and his daughters), with the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and the initials and date 'C T A 1686'.
History note: Purchased from Mr Stoner in London with C.1504 & A-1928 for £59 on 1 May 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 23.8 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
James II
Production date:
dated
AD 1686
Previously uncertain whether Lambeth or Bristol. See Garner, 1972, in documentation, for attribution to Lambeth.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( cobalt blue)
pale blue
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware with applied feet, covered with very pale greenish-blue tin-glaze, and painted in blue high-temperature colour derived from cobalt
Inscription present: the T is raised above the dot
Accession number: C.1504B-1928
Primary reference Number: 72109
Old object number: 4859
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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