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Water bottle: C.1748-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in dark blue with Oriental style flowering plants in bowls

Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. The bottle stands on a low foot which is slightly concave on the underside. The bulbous ovoid body rises into a long neck with a cup-shaped mouth with an outward sloping rim. Both sides of the body are decorated with arrangements of Oriental style flowers and foliage arranged in a shallow Chinese bowl. On the neck there are two narrow horizontal bands under which are pairs of small inward curing scrolls alternating with spots in circles with three projecting strokes . On the mouth below the rim there is a broad band of trellis diaper ornament.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 24.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1765 CE

Note

Formerly attributed to Dublin, but the shape and lack of a number on the base suggests that it was probably made in Liverpool

School or Style

Oriental

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt

Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1748-1928
Primary reference Number: 72550
Old object number: 274

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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