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Tea caddy: C.1534-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with mermaids, plant and diaper ornament

Buff earthenware, probably moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. Octagonal with four concave sides and four canted corners, flat top and central cylindrical mouth to take a cover, now missing. The top is decorated with two trefoil-shaped panels containing flowers, reserved in a ground of small swirls. Two of the concave sides are decorated with a mermaid holding a mirror under a flowering tree enclosed by a rectangular outline, and two with a vertical floral spray, similarly enclosed. The canted corners are decorated with diaper ornament.

Notes

History note: Mr S.G. Fenton, London from whom bought for £2.10s.0d. on 15 December 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.7 cm
Length: 8.7 cm
Width: 6.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Visible Surfaces composed of tin-glaze ( bluish-white)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1534-1928
Primary reference Number: 72178
Old object number: 1965

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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