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Production: Unidentified Kent pottery
Pale red earthenware, coated with dark red slip, with trailed decoration over it in white slip, and yellow lead-glaze. The pot is of ogee profile with two reeded loop handles set close to each other; between them is a tulp. On the front are the initials and date, 'D 1722 L' in a panel with wavy stems at either side and a band of interlaced wavy stems below.
History note: Mr A. Goodwin 39 High Street, Tonbridge; Mr Fenton, London, from whom purchased for £15 in August 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
George I
Production date:
dated
AD 1722
The attribution to High Halden is uncertain
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
lead-glaze
Pot
Accession number: C.152-1928
Primary reference Number: 72156
Old object number: 2664
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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