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Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery
Buff earthenware tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. Circular with a sloping rim, shallow curved sides and flat centre. Painted in the middle with a dolphin spouting water, and sketchy indications of water on the rim.
History note: Mr Stuart Acton, 10a East Street, Brighton, from whom purchased on 14 November 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity Collection, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George I
George II
Circa
1725
CE
-
1750
CE
Probably made in Bristol
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1521-1928
Primary reference Number: 72155
Old object number: 2170
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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