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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted and sponged in blue with putti, insects and trees
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted and sponged in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a short sloping neck, an applied tubular spout, and two strap handles which are rounded on the inside and concave on the outside. The domed cover has a narrow flange round the edge, and a mushroom-shaped finial. The front is decorated on either side of the spout with a stout putto holding an arrow standing beside a sponged tree and plants, and with schematic birds and clouds above. On the back there is a central putto between two trees and plants, two flying putti holding arrows, a large insect, and numerous schematic birds and clouds. The neck is encircled by a border of ju-i scrolls with two horizontal lines above and below. The spout has short strokes on the sides, and horizontal strokes interrupted by two circles on the front. The handles have a line down each side, and horizontal stripes interrupted by two ellipses on the back. The cover is decorated with three flying putti, three sponged trees, and plants.
History note: Said by the vendor to have come from Bromley Kent; Mr F.C. Fripp (watchmaker and jeweller) 1 Beach Street, Dover, who sold it for £3 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Queen Anne
Circa
1710
CE
-
1720
CE
This pot was probably made in London, but might have been made at either Brislington or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Cover
Width 17.6 cm
Body
Handles
Spout
Accession number: C.1513 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72124
Old object number: 3845
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72124 Accessed: 2024-11-05 08:07:03
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