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Pottery:
Wincanton Pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Lambeth Pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and with a red line on the rim
Buff earthenware with greyish, very shiny tin-glaze, painted in blue, and with a red-brown line on the rim. Bulbous body with a flaring neck and four loop handles, standing on a footring. Decorated on the sides between the handles with groups of flowering plants, rocks, and birds in imitation of Chinese porcelain. On one side is the inscription 'Joseph Horsford/1744, divided by a flowering tree and a bird. There is a broad blue band round the foot. Inside the mouth there is a squirrel (or rat?) and vine border. The foot is encircled by a broad blue band between two narrow, and the backs of the handles are decorated with a continuous scroll pattern.
History note: Joseph Horsford, Marnhull, Dorset; by descent to Miss Anna Maria Ford, Bridport, Dorset; sold Sotheby's, 14 June 1910, lot 359; bought by Mr Fenton for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.2 cm
Height: 8 3/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1744
This pot was attributed to Wincanton because it was said to have been owned by Joseph Horsford who lived at Marnhull, Dorset, nine miles from Wincanton. But there is insufficient evidence to attribute to Wincanton, and it may have been made in Bristol or possibly at Lambeth.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( red)
cobalt-blue
Body
Handles
Inscription present: both name and date are divided by a plant
Accession number: C.1713-1928
Primary reference Number: 72493
Old object number: 3128
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Loving cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72493 Accessed: 2024-12-18 13:43:45
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