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Pottery:
unidentified English pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
unidentified Dutch pottery
(Probably)
Reddish buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted and sponged in blue. Circular with rounded sides, everted rim, and a long handle with a slight downward turn at the end. The exterior of the bowl is decorated with stylized floral sprays and the stem is sponged in blue.
History note: Bought at a shop in Bristol by Mr Goodman, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, at whose shop it was bought for £1 on 4 January 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1720s
1730s
Circa
1720
CE
-
1740
CE
No other English punch ladles are recorded, so this one may have been imported from the Netherlands
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Bowl
Diameter 7.2 cm
Height 4.4 cm
reddish
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1525-1928
Primary reference Number: 72164
Old object number: 4052
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Punch ladle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72164 Accessed: 2024-12-22 12:55:46
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