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Tea caddy: C.1590-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

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

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a Chinese figure and floral sprays

Buff earthenware, probably slab built, tin-glazed bluish-white on the visible surfaces, and painted in blue. Octagonal with slightly rounded corners and a flat top with a central cylindrical neck to take a cover, now missing. Two sides are decorated with Chinese standing figures holding the stem of a floral spray which continues over the flat top. The ends and corners have vertical floral sprays. The unglazed base is inscribed in blue 'august 15/AA/1767'.

Notes

History note: Alfred Trapnell, Great Chalfield, Wollstonecroft Road, Bournemouth; his sale, Christie's, 19 March, 1914, Catalogue of porcelain, objects of art and silver-mounted vessels, part of lot 400; bought by Mr Harding for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.3 cm
Length: 6.3 cm
Width: 5.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Production date: dated AD 1767

Note

Probably made in either London or Bristol

School or Style

Chinoiserie

People, subjects and objects depicted

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

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: august 15/AA/1767
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1590-1928
Primary reference Number: 72271
Old object number: 4883

Audit data

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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