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Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in green, yellow and red, outlined in manganese-purple, with a fantastic bird and tree in Chinese style on both pieces.
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in green, yellow and red, out-lined in manganese-purple. Circular cup with curved sides, standing on a high footring. Circular saucer with curved sides standing on a footring. The exterior of the cup and the interior of the saucer are each decorated in Chinese style with a fantastic bird perched on a tree growing beside a rock. The rim of both pieces is encircled by a red band.
History note: M. Midgely (nephew of the banker, Edmund B. Gibson of Saffron Walden); sold by him to Mr Hagger, Saffron Walden, from whom purchased for £1 on 6 June 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
English, perhaps Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in green, yellow and red, out-lined in manganese-purple)
Saucer
Diameter 12.1 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.8 cm
Height 3.8 cm
Tin-glazing
: Tin-glazed earthenware painted in high-temperature colours green, yellow and red, out-lined in manganese-purple.
Painting
Accession number: C.1684 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72451
Old object number: 2566
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72451 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:27:10
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