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Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware press-moulded, with applied moulded handles, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The boat is oval with shaped and pointed lips at each end, which are slightly fluted underneath, and two fox-shaped handles on opposing sides. The interior is decorated with a central medallion surrounded by Oriental-style flowers and in each of the lips there is a stylized plant. The top edge is decorated with a diaper border. The outside has floral sprays on each side and stripes of a scroll pattern reserved in a blue ground on the underside of the lipsl.
History note: A.E. Swift, 167 Richmond Road, Bournemouth by whom sent on approval at the beginning of May 1925, for what price Glaisher would give; purchased on on 26 May for £10 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 21.5 cm
Length: 8.5 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1760
CE
The shape of the sauceboat occurs in silver and in Saint-Cloud porcelain.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white Tin-glaze buff Earthenware
Moulding : Buff earthenware moulded, with applied moulded handles, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with cut corners , of which the lower two are missing
Accession number: C.1546-1928
Primary reference Number: 72197
Old object number: 4540
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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