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Tea caddy: C.1535-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenwre painted in blue with floral sprays and lotus blooms

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed except for the base, and painted in blue. Octagonal with straight sides, and flat top with a central short cylindrical neck to take a cover, now missing. The top and four sides are decorated with floral sprays on a white ground. Above and below on the sides there is a horizontal line. The canted corners are decorated wth a lotus bloom on a long stem reserved in a ground of tiny circles.

Notes

History note: Bought at a shop in Oxford Street, near Mr Fenton's for 7s.0d. in 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.9 cm
Length: 10 cm
Width: 7.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bristol ⪼ Somerset ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Circa 1760 CE - 1770 CE

Note

The decoration was derived from Chinese pocelain of the reign of Yonzheng (1723-35)

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

Techniques used in production

Moulded : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white on the visible surfaces, and painted in blue, and on the neck, probably pale yellow with blue over it, appearing bluish-green

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1535-1928
Primary reference Number: 72179
Old object number: 2203
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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