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Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
Proprietor of pottery:
Bennett, Sarah, II
Earthenware tin-glazed pale duck-egg blue on both sides, and painted on the front in blue, dark yellow, and manganese-purple. Captain Henry Walrond and Sir Edward Phillips holding the joined twins Aqila and Prisila [sic] Herring, surrounded by an inscription
Dark buff earthenware tin-glazed pale duck-egg blue on both sides, and painted in blue, dark yellow, and manganese-purple. Circular with deep curved sides and slightly everted rim, standing on a narrow footring. Painted in the middle with two men, Captain Henry Walrond and Sir Edward Phillips holding the joined twins Aqila and Prisila [sic] Herring, flanked by their names 'AQILA' and 'PRISILA'. Below the men's feet painted in manganese-purple are the words ‘HEAREIS GAIN O THE BROOM’, and round the edge, between narrow manganese bands, 'BEHOLD TO PARSONS : THAT : ARE : RECONSILD : TO : ROB : THE : PARENTS : AND : TO : KEEP : THE : CHILD'.
History note: John Eliot Hodgkin (d. 1912); sold by the executors to Wilfred Harding, London from whom purchased in September 1913 for £120 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 32.3 cm
Diameter: 12.75 in
Height: 6.8 cm
Height: 2.75 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date:
circa
AD 1680
The conjoined twins, Aquila and Prisila were born at Isle Brewers, Somerset on 19 May 1680. They were taken from their family by Captain Henry Walrond and Sir Edward Phelips (depicted on this charger) and exploited, displayed for profit, until their deaths a few years later. An analogous dish dated 1680 is in the collection of National Museum Wales (749).
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
dark buff
Earthenware
pale duck-egg blue
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1640-1928
Primary reference Number: 72371
Old object number: 3651
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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