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Pottery:
Temple Back Pottery
(Probably)
Proprietor:
Cantle, Thomas
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with two Chinese figures in a landscape
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. The bottle stands on a footring. It has an ovoid body and a long slender neck with a cup-shaped mouth. The lower part is decorated with one seated and one standing Chinese figure in a landscape.
History note: Miss Adams, Creakway, Broadstone, Dorset; bought by Mrs. W.D. Dickson in January, 1926 for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue high-temperature colour
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1552-1928
Primary reference Number: 72207
Old object number: 4795
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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