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Posset pot: C.1505 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with Chinese figures in a landscape

Buff earthenware tin-glazed pale turquoise-blue and painted in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a short straight neck, and is supported on three small feet in the shape of birds. It has a sucking spout decorated with a zig-zag of clay on the front and two loop handles each having a snake on the back with a small bird perching on it. On either side of the handles there are spirals of clay. The domed cover (A) has a flange round the edge, a pierced ball finial, and handles similar to those on the pot. The body and cover are painted with Chinese figures in landscapes and with the inscription '16/G/IA/86' on the front to the viewer's left of the spout.

Notes

History note: Law, Foulsham and Cole, South Molton Street, London, from whom bought for £125 on the Tuesday after 1 August 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 28.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
Production date: dated AD 1686

School or Style

Baroque
Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue derived from cobalt oxide)
Body

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
pale turquoise-blue Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 16/G/IA/86'
  • Location: On front to viewer's left of spout
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1505 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72110
Old object number: 4860

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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