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Production: Wincanton Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in greyish-blue on the exterior with stylized plants in panels, and on the inside with three branches and the name and date 'Wincanton'1738'.
Buff earthenware with greyish tin-glaze, painted in blue. Circular with deep curved sides standing on a high footring. The inside is inscribed in the centre with the place name and date 'Wincanton/1738' within two narrow concentric circles. The sides are decorated with three sprays of flowers and there is a narrow band below the rim. The outside is decorated with two tiers of panels each containing a symmetrical stylized plant with a flower.
History note: H. Blake, a dealer in Wincanton; Major General AstleyTerry, London. Mr Miller, printer and antique dealer of Wincanton; sold through Miss James' antique shop in Lansdown Road, Bournemouth in 1921.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 11.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1738
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in greyish-blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1710-1928
Primary reference Number: 72485
Old object number: 4067
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Punch bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72485 Accessed: 2024-12-18 13:43:15
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