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Slop Bowl from a Toy Tea Set: C.1554.3-1928

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Titles

Slop Bowl from a Toy Tea Set

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Production: Unidentified Bristol pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue

Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. Circular with deep curved and sloping sides with very slightly everted rim. The exterior is decorated wth a landscape with a house, rocks and trees

Notes

History note: Mr Stewart Acton, 10a East Street, Brighton from whom purchased on 16 November 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

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

Note

This slop bowl forming part of a miniature tea set. The decoration is typical of Liverpool delftware.

School or Style

Oriental

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Rim Diameter 6.8 cm

Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue high-temperature colour
Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1554.3-1928
Primary reference Number: 72211

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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