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Water bottle: C.1724-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware water-bottle, painted in high-temperature 'Fazackerley' colours with flowers, fruit and a Chinese figure.

Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow, brownish-orange and olive green, outlined in manganese-black. Bulbous, with a long narrow neck and cup-shaped mouth. On the body, id a large spray of formal flowers and a figure of a man carrying a basket of fruit; a diaper and floral border encircles the neck.

Notes

History note: Acquired by the vendor, Mr Plumb, at Litlington, Cambridgeshire; purchased for £7.10s. 0d. on 4 August 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.8 cm
Height: 9 in

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1765 CE

Note

The distinctive palette is known as 'Fazackerly'.

Water bottles, also known as ‘guglets’, were supplied in sets with basins for washing.

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow, brownish-orange and olive green, outlined in manganese-black)
Body Diameter 14 cm

Materials used in production

bluish Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow, brownish-orange and olive green, outlined in manganese-black high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours; footring wiped clean of glaze
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1724-1928
Primary reference Number: 72532
Old object number: 4327
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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