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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware with pierced sides, painted and sponged in dark blue

Buff earthenware with pierced sides, tin-glazed and painted and sponged in dark blue. Circular with deep sloping sides, pierced with heart and other shapes to produce a flowerhead design, and four small twisted clay handles rising from the rim; the underside is concave. The central medallion is decorated with a man and woman walking in a landscape. The sides inside and out are sponged in blue, and on the rim there is a border of petals or leaves. The handles are blue overall.

Notes

History note: Purchased as a sale at Mr Izant's house, Brixton by Croydon dealer, Mrs Kingsland, from whom purchased in 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Early
Queen Anne
George I
Circa 1710 CE - 1720 CE

Note

Probably made at Lambeth.

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Handles
Sides

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
wiped off foot-rim Tin-glazing

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing
Throwing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1515-1928
Primary reference Number: 72128
Old object number: 99

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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