Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted and sponged in blue with birds, trees, and plants
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted and sponged in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a short sloping neck, an applied tubular sucking spout, and two S-shaped handles which are flat inside and rounded on the outide. The slightly domed cover has a narrow flange round the edge and a mushroom-shaped finial. The front is decorated on each side of the spout with a sponged tree, and a bird standing on a rock with small plants sprouting from it. The back is decorated with one bird standing on rocks with plants between two sponged trees. Below there is a broad blue horizontal band between pairs of narrow bands, and round the neck, a broad blue band with two narrow below and one above. The spout and handle are striped horizontally. The cover is decorated with one sponged tree and a bird standing amidst rocks sprouting small plants. There are two bands round the base of the finial and one further out, and two more on the flange round the outer edge. The finial has a central spot, and radiating vertical lines crossed by three horizontal bands.
Notes
History note: Henry Thomas Wake (1831-1914), Wingfield Park, near Fritchley, Derbyshire; his 'Monthly Catalogue of Books, Coins, Antiquities & c.', no. 338, 6th month (June) 1902, item 112; bought for £1.10s. 0d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Early
Queen Anne
Circa
1710
CE
-
1720
CE
Note
This posset pot was probably made in London, but might have been made at either Bristol or Brislington
School or Style
Baroque
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
Handles And Finial
Spout
Materials used in production
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: half of a rectangular label with dark turquoise blue border
- Text: English delft/posset pot/Bought from Mr/Wake of Fritchley/1902
- Location: Inside cover
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.1514 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72126
Old object number: 1450
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 20 December 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
