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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in dark blue
Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed slightly greenish-blue, and painted in dark blue. Circular with an everted rim, and deep curved sides, standing on a high, outward-sloping footring. The inside is decorated with a central large floral spray, surrounded by three medium-sized sprays, several smaller ones, and flying insects. The top of the rim has a border of floral and diaper ornament. The exterior is decorated with comparable floral sprays of different sizes.
History note: Bought at Oxford in 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 30.2 cm
Height: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late#
George III
Circa
1775
CE
-
1799
CE
Formerly attributed doubtfully to Liverpool, but probably made by one of the Lambeth potteries
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)
pale buff
Earthenware
slightly greenish-blue
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed slightly greenish-blue, and painted in dark blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1718-1928
Primary reference Number: 72504
Old object number: 494
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Wash basin" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72504 Accessed: 2024-11-02 17:17:51
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 17:17:51|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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