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Production: Vauxhall Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue and brownish-red. Circular with a wide sloping rim, shallow well, and recessed base. The well is decorated with a central medallion enclosing a shore scene with a tower beside the sea and two small sailing boats, surrounded by a border of diaper panels and formal flower sprays with rhomboidal leaves, alternating with stylized baskets of fruit. The rim is encircled by a brownish-red line.
History note: Bought at or near Cambridge by Mr Freeman, dealer of Cambridge, from whom purchased on 27 January 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1720s
1730s
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1735
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt and brownish-red)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and brownish-red high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours; the glaze on the reverse appears more grey and has three peg marks close to the rim
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1528-1928
Primary reference Number: 72168
Old object number: 1914
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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